Firebug
This page is for tracking the integration of Firebug into Firefox.
Questions that need to/should be asked
These need to be addressed sooner rather than later.
- Should we include firebug in moz cvs or keep it as a separate svn repo?
- What does DOMi do that firebug doesn't?
- What does Venkman do that firebug doesn't?
- How would Firebug being included affect web developers?
- How would Firebug being included affect extension developers?
- How would Firebug being included affect browser/mail/chrome developers?
Potential Integration Issues
These are issues that could be problematic.
Issue 97 - Firebug outputs too many warnings in the JS error console
Status: Patch submitted, but unacceptable to project maintainer.
Disucssion: Joe feels that strict mode warnings need to be adjusted, so I filed Bug 381223. I feel that if we are targeting this to web developers, the errors in chrome won't be an issue since those are not displayed by default. However, if we expand the target group to Extension Developers, this will be a serious issue. There are easily over 50 strict warnings with startup alone, so it will be next to impossible for extension authors to find their own strict warnings.
Issue 160 - Firebug lacks full chrome under FreeBSD (and probably any platform except Darwin, Linux, linux-gnu, and WINNT)
Status: Patch submitted. Pending review/checkin.
Issue 194 - Firebug should be able to inspect chrome
Status: Researching.
Disucssion:
Bug 346664
Status: See Bug.
Disucssion: See Bug.
Bug 344751
Status: See Bug.
Disucssion: See Bug.
Issue 159 - dir("") report String.prototype's defined in other extensions
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: Conflicts with other extensions, especially the Web Developer Extension, aren't good.
Issue 142 - Restore closed tab adds current page to end of history
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: Tomcat: sounds more like a Firefox Bug and not a Firebug Bug
Issue 127 - Firebug memory leak - over 600 MiB seen used
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: Seems to be related to XMLHttpRequests.
Issue 117 - Split browser extension incompatibly
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: This extension (Split Browser) is the culprit. I'm not sure if anything really could be done about this. Perhaps Firebug should disable itself if it detects this extension, with a notification as to why?
Issue 69 - Firebug is enabled always on new tabs
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: See also Bug 346664 and Bug 344751.
Issue 62 - Step-debug is broken with FireBug on OS X
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: Needs QA.
Issue 60 - Firebug doesn't start (throws an exception) when started with frames disabled
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: If this is true, need some kind of workaround. Workaround in bug is probably not acceptable. - Tomcat: Confirmed on Windows and Linux with Firefox 2.0.0.4 RC 3 I have been unable to find a workaround for this. It is quite possible that there isn't one. --Comrade693 14:11, 30 May 2007 (PDT)
Issue 33 - Stepping through JS code crashes Firefox and OS X
Status: Researching.
Disucssion: Needs QA.
Fixed Issues
These are issues that have patches submitted and committed.
Possible Issues to enhance
http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:GijsKruitbosch/JS_Debugging/Tasks
Non-Issues
Issue that were once listed as potential ones or have been concerns people have brought up, but have since been deemed non-issues.
Issue 166 - Without DOM Inspector, message displays HTML code in style window
Why not: I originally misread this as "Firebug requires DOM Inspector. Oops.
Firebug Requires DOM Inspector
Why not: Firebug only uses inIDOMUtils, which, as of Firefox 2.0, is built with layout.
Issue 52 - Firebug crashes FireFox when page is refreshed after setting breakpoint on Vista
Why not: Tomcat: no crash during tests with Windows Vista and Firebug 1.0.5/Firefox 2.0.0.4 RC3
Issue 75 - Net monitoring: 404 requests sucking up RAM very bad
Why not: Tomcat: was not able to reproduce this on Windows Vista
Issue 84 - Crash when inspecting orphaned popup that uses meta refresh
Why not: : Tomcat: no crash on Windows Vista
Issue 87 - Firebug causes firefox to hang
Why not: Tomcat: no crash on Linux Fedora FC6 and FX 2004RC3
Issue 106 - Cannot alt-tab out of Firefox when Firebug is enabled
Why not: Tomcat: Works for me on Vista with Firefox 2.0.0.4 RC3 and Firebug 1.0.5
Issue 139 - 100% CPU and continually incrementing memory usage after closing popup window
Why not: Tomcat: works for me on steps to reproduce
Issue 153 - clicking on 'HTML' closes Firefox
Why not: Tomcat: no crashs during Tests on Linux
Issue 147 - Firefox crashes with firebug
Why not: Checked by Tomcat -> no crash