Reviews for Web Developer
Web Developer by chrispederick
484 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13547075, 7 years agoThanks for years of happily using your extension! Nothing short of 5 stars for your efforts!
SHAME on Firefox to disable the toolbar functionality in v.57!
I agree with the previous posters, the new UX is far from ideal.
One really annoying side effect seems to be the dependency on browser caching. One of the most used feature of your extension (for myself) is the resizing of the browser window. It seems like now every time I clear the history/cache, the preset sizes are gone!
Any chance this can be fixed?
Thanks.Developer response
posted 7 years agoThe way that extensions save data also changed in Firefox 57 and it appears as though the method I switched to (which was based on how the extension worked in Chrome) has this issue with settings getting wiped out when the cache is cleared. I think I have a workaround to this and hope to fix it in the next release. - Rated 5 out of 5by ali44, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13535110, 7 years ago"The current toolbar makes it impossible for me to use productively."
Update to my review: my text is now showing and all is well.
I should have rated this a 5 years ago and given you 5 stars. I'm sorry I didn't praise your work when I was so busy using it. This is such an amazing add-on. It is a must for web development--esp. frontend CSS and form building.
I'm using this on 52 ESR as I've masked 57+ on my computer and it will not be installed.
Thank you for the older version information!Developer response
posted 7 years agoDisplaying the tabs with icons and text is something that can be configured in the extension preferences and is actually the default:
http://share.chrispederick.com/dT5uxy/6f2HnGob
Older versions of the extension are available here, but note that they are not supported and will not work in future versions of Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13542173, 7 years agoGreat add-on, if you're using a pre-Quantum Firefox! Thanks for the instructions on how to downgrade FF.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13540922, 7 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13540764, 7 years agol'extension ne marche plus avec ma version de firefox.....57.0 64bits
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13537848, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by CMG, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by MatsSvensson, 7 years ago5 stars for the old version, but only 3 for the latest one because of the ruined UI.
Isn't there any way to get back the old proper toolbar & menus?
Now it looks like some horrible ribbon-clone.
Im guessing its because of Mozillas recent self-lobotomy, and that they have banned toolbars along with every other useful thing?
Ill stick with the older version on FF 52 ESR, until Mozilla gets their shit together.Developer response
posted 7 years agoYup, the new version of Firefox no longer allows extensions to create toolbars and there is nothing I can do to work around this restriction on my end, sorry. Developer response
posted 7 years agoFirefox removed the API that this feature used so I had to remove it from the extension. I am looking into if there are alternative ways to implement the feature and if there are I will add it back in for a future release.- Rated 4 out of 5by pako69, 7 years agoHi
I downgrade to Firefox 56.0b9 (on Mac) and redownload version 1.2.13 of Web Developer: u know what? I happy now... - Rated 5 out of 5by DeronLJ, 7 years agoI'm glad to see this got ported to a WebExtension. Mozilla has made life harder for add-on developers.
- Rated 4 out of 5by interlist, 7 years ago(Aside- Not so intuitive that I have to click on the stars to make a comment)
So, the automatic updating I just did of Firefox (circa 2017-11) seems to give me a version of Web Developer that's quite different...
I don't seem to have the right-click content menu anymore.
And even more critically, there doesn't seem to be a "Save Generated Source" feature anymore.
Is that true?
If not, then could someone please tell me how to find it.
And if true, then might I inquire if there are any plans to re-implement this useful feature?
Thanks.
[Update - I see that this new version of Firefox is a complete bomb wrt Web Developer, and that others have noted the disappearance of "Save Generated Source" (+ a lot more). I think the instructions for downloading the old version + extension is very useful. I wish Firefox would provide an automatic roll-back for this sort of stuff. I've actually almost switched to Chrome due to the "downgrade" performance of the Firefox "upgrades". The philosophy seems to fundamentally disregard backwards compatibility - and must be a constant hardship to extension writers
PS- I hate (not a lot, just a little) the new Firefox icon. Change just for change's sake?] - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13520225, 7 years agoChris,
Thank you so much for working on this extension!
Live was so hard without it, when it wasn't working with FF 57 - I am the only one in my dev team to use FF for website development - everyone else are on Chrome here. I'm using your extension on daily bases since 2009 - such a handy tool! The new version is working like a charm - so snappy quick and colorful. I can't express how happy I am to see it back in my browser! Once again, thank you, thank you, one hundred times thank you!
Dan - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13519679, 7 years agoThe 5 stars is for the developer thank you so much for such an amazing contribution. I love and used this plugin everyday.
Now as for firefox....SHAME ON YOU!!!! Removing the ability for people to have these addons as toolbars was the biggest mistake you could have made. We should have full control over the tools we use and how we want to display them. I dont see why this was changed when it was preferred and used and at the end of the day NO ONE else is forced to have our individual setup. Taking away this features ability to be displayed as a toolbar and easily accessed has actually made me switch to using the GOOGLE CHROMEs browser as I am able to lay my developer toolbar out there as it should be. Start listening to your users please especially the people who use these great addons to make the internet an even greater place. I am so upset you ruined this addon I may even have to abandon the browser all together. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13512793, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by bilou83, 7 years agoI do not know how to answer your post!
merci de votre aide
Dommage !
votre module était plus pratique, on avait l’adresse de la feuille de style et les style attachés c'etait simple et efficace...
On fera avec !
merci
Pity !
your module was more convenient, we had the address of the style sheet and the style attached it was simple and effective ...
We will do with!
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hello
déçu de cette nlle version, pas de francais, et l'option "voir les css d un élément en particulier" (ou quelque chose de ce genre !) à disparue...
merci tout de même au développeur.
Peut -être dans la prochaine version !?
Hello
disappointed with this version, no French, and the option "see the css of a particular element" (or something like that!) to disappeared ...
EDIT
thank you all the same to the developer.
Maybe in the next version!?
par chrispederick (développeur) le nov. 22, 2017 · lien permanent
Firefox 57 changed the way extension localization works so I need to rewrite that functionality, but I hope to add it back in with the help of translators in a future release.
The ‘Display Style Information’ feature had to be removed as Firefox removed the APIs that it was using. The best replacement for this feature is the CSS inspector built into the browser developer tools:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Page_Inspector/How_to/Examine_and_edit_CSS
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Sealex83, 7 years agoThank you Chris, already it's super nice to have answered, it's rare enough to be mentioned.
I use this extension since it exists, and that's really what you do.
I will wait impatiently for the version with the French translation. Apologies for being impatient. ;) - Rated 4 out of 5by Sebastien Billard, 7 years agoI have used this extension for years, daily. Unfortunately the post-Quantum version is a big deception : first it is not a toolbar anymore, and second the possibility to instantly turn off javascript has been removed. I realize this is a Firefox problem and not the developer's fault, but I have lost a great tool :(
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13508069, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13495833, 7 years agoI later read that the fault is from Firefox. So it still remains a 5 stars toolbar for me, so... HEY FIREFOX LET THE TOOLBARS BE TOOLBAR AS BEFORE!!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13498310, 7 years agoHi,
I have turned off cache and dns cache using previous version of Web Developer. Now cache is still suppressed, but I have no control to enable it again. Can You help please?Developer response
posted 7 years agoYou can downgrade to Firefox 56 and reinstall the 1.2.13 version of Web Developer from here to change any of the old built-in browser settings:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/
Or you can use about:config to reset the browser.cache.disk.enable, browser.cache.memory.enable and network.dnsCacheExpiration preferences:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox
Or you can create a new profile, but that will remove all your settings including bookmarks etc:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13498210, 7 years ago2 things.
First,
I use the function enable form fields but it no longer enables them as the website they are in frames, I need to open that individual frame and then click on enable form fields. In older version it work perfectly without opening individual frame
2nd thing
Has the shortcuts been removed? the website I deal with reloads after I enter data in certain boxes, so I used the enable form fields shortcut to enable it .
Please work a fix for the above
Thanks,Developer response
posted 7 years agoI'll look into the 'Enable Form Fields' issue and I have had a few reports of issues with frames so it seems most likely related to that general problem.
The way keyboard shortcuts used to work has been removed from Firefox so I had to remove them from the extension. I am hoping to find a work around and reintroduce them in a future release if Firefox still provides the APIs that I need. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13495240, 7 years agoAnd where is the web developer toolbar now? A button somewhere on the side of the panel with a drop-down menu is not at all convenient. You need to do a lot of mouse clicks before you get the result
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThe new version of Firefox no longer allows extensions to create toolbars and there is nothing I can do to work around this restriction on my end, sorry.