Friday, April 17th, 2009
FireDiff: Firebug extension to track changes to DOM and CSS
Category: Debugging, Firefox
, Mozilla
Firediff implements a change monitor that records all of the changes made by firebug and the application itself to CSS and the DOM. This provides insight into the functionality of the application as well as provide a record of the changes that were required to debug and tweak the page’s display.
The release, which you can find here uses recent features of the latest Firebug 1.4 code. Early days!
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4.5 rating from 36 votes
That looks like a great tool — thank you for sharing!
Do you need Firebug 1.4 to be able to use it?
Yep, you need Firebug 1.4…Straight out of the README.txt:
Dependencies:
Firediff requires Firebug 1.4. The recommended version is 1.4a17 or higher. Prior
1.4 versions might work, but functionality such as CSS change tracking will not work.
Brilliant! This is exactly what I needed.
I always have to remember 5-10 changes i’m making tweaking
live with code, now no more need for my poor memory capabilities!
AddType application/x-xpinstall .xpi
Release location moved to http://www.incaseofstairs.com/download/firediff/?M=A to address the MIME type issue. The prior URL remains active, but future releases will be located at the new URL.
I see almost zero documentation for it.
I really hate to have to install stuff to see what it actually does.
(Sorry for complying about mystery meat in my free lunch)
What a pitty that FB 1.4 is still buggy :/