Comments for meandering wildly http://blog.johnath.com johnath in blog form Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:09:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Developer Tools in Firefox by Scott Garman http://blog.johnath.com/2010/03/10/developer-tools-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-215162 Scott Garman Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:09:48 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=461#comment-215162 I've been doing a lot of work with Firefox as my UI platform for embedded touchscreen devices. I would really love to see the ability for Firebug to be able to connect to a remote Firefox session for live js debugging of systems like these where the browser chrome might not be visible/accessible (due to use of other extensions like r-kiosk). Think of it like a remote gdb session. Just my two cents. I’ve been doing a lot of work with Firefox as my UI platform for embedded touchscreen devices. I would really love to see the ability for Firebug to be able to connect to a remote Firefox session for live js debugging of systems like these where the browser chrome might not be visible/accessible (due to use of other extensions like r-kiosk). Think of it like a remote gdb session. Just my two cents.

]]> Comment on Developer Tools in Firefox by gren http://blog.johnath.com/2010/03/10/developer-tools-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-215160 gren Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:33:13 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=461#comment-215160 <> It would be nice, there is so many bugs to fix in firebug. Gathering forces together can be beneficial :) Keep up the good work ;) <>

It would be nice, there is so many bugs to fix in firebug. Gathering forces together can be beneficial :)

Keep up the good work ;)

]]> Comment on Developer Tools in Firefox by Richard Davies http://blog.johnath.com/2010/03/10/developer-tools-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-215159 Richard Davies Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:26:47 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=461#comment-215159 I don't know if I have any great ideas for new, next-gen developer tools... but as far as the current tools are concerned, I consider the following tools absolutely critical: 1. Firebug 2. Web developer toolbar 3. YSlow plugin for Firebug 4. Firecookie plugin for Firebug 5. HttpFox I would suggest working closely with those tool makers so that Firefox is designed and built in such a way that those tools can easily interface with Firefox. For example, I've heard that the Firebug code is pretty nasty due to all of the hacks and workarounds they have to do to make it work. These kinds of things impede progress. It there were better APIs and hooks for the plugin developers, I think the tools would evolve faster and be more powerful. I don’t know if I have any great ideas for new, next-gen developer tools… but as far as the current tools are concerned, I consider the following tools absolutely critical:

1. Firebug
2. Web developer toolbar
3. YSlow plugin for Firebug
4. Firecookie plugin for Firebug
5. HttpFox

I would suggest working closely with those tool makers so that Firefox is designed and built in such a way that those tools can easily interface with Firefox.

For example, I’ve heard that the Firebug code is pretty nasty due to all of the hacks and workarounds they have to do to make it work. These kinds of things impede progress. It there were better APIs and hooks for the plugin developers, I think the tools would evolve faster and be more powerful.

]]> Comment on Developer Tools in Firefox by Lennon http://blog.johnath.com/2010/03/10/developer-tools-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-215158 Lennon Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:25:08 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=461#comment-215158 A built-in "record-and-replay" tool in the style of Chickenfoot or Selenium IDE baked into the browser dev tools would be a huge win. Bonus points if you can actually run it from *outside* the browser, for integration into a test suite or CI infrastructure. A built-in “record-and-replay” tool in the style of Chickenfoot or Selenium IDE baked into the browser dev tools would be a huge win. Bonus points if you can actually run it from *outside* the browser, for integration into a test suite or CI infrastructure.

]]> Comment on Mozilla’s EU Browser Choice Submission by The Windows Browser Choice screen, 2 weeks in « Tuna Park http://blog.johnath.com/2010/01/29/mozillas-eu-browser-choice-submission/comment-page-1/#comment-215155 The Windows Browser Choice screen, 2 weeks in « Tuna Park Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:06 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=404#comment-215155 [...] the most hectic months for me in my time at Mozilla in preparing for the browser choice screen.  Johnath provided the details of our submission to Microsoft for the browser choice screen itself [...] [...] the most hectic months for me in my time at Mozilla in preparing for the browser choice screen.  Johnath provided the details of our submission to Microsoft for the browser choice screen itself [...]

]]> Comment on Developer Tools in Firefox by Jesse Donat http://blog.johnath.com/2010/03/10/developer-tools-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-215154 Jesse Donat Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:12:28 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=461#comment-215154 Some kind of generic FirePHP style extension would be great by default, with a standard set of debugging headers Mozilla is meant to catch, like 'X-Debug-Blah: JSONENCODEDDATA' Some kind of generic FirePHP style extension would be great by default, with a standard set of debugging headers Mozilla is meant to catch, like ‘X-Debug-Blah: JSONENCODEDDATA’

]]> Comment on Bugzilla for Humans by How to Triage Mozilla Bugs « Philipp Kewisch http://blog.johnath.com/2010/02/04/bugzilla-for-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-215153 How to Triage Mozilla Bugs « Philipp Kewisch Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:12:09 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=434#comment-215153 [...] johnath made a very nice video blog post introducing you to Bugzilla, its worth listening [...] [...] johnath made a very nice video blog post introducing you to Bugzilla, its worth listening [...]

]]> Comment on Bugzilla for Humans by ThomasD http://blog.johnath.com/2010/02/04/bugzilla-for-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-215119 ThomasD Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:41:34 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=434#comment-215119 Jonathan, this is great stuff, thanks! The tutorial video should be promoted on relevant pages, especially there should be a link to this when people click on the help button on bmo's home page. Nice visual intro for both beginners and advanced users of bugzilla, the devil we know... Jonathan, this is great stuff, thanks! The tutorial video should be promoted on relevant pages, especially there should be a link to this when people click on the help button on bmo’s home page. Nice visual intro for both beginners and advanced users of bugzilla, the devil we know…

]]> Comment on A Letter For My Daughter by Lorne http://blog.johnath.com/2010/02/16/a-letter-for-my-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-215116 Lorne Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:15:44 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=447#comment-215116 A little birdie told me the good news, so I just had to confirm it for myself. Congratulations on the arrival of Lily. Wishing you and Amy all the joys of parenthood. Very touching letter! It certainly brings back lots memory. Lorne A little birdie told me the good news, so I just had to confirm it for myself.

Congratulations on the arrival of Lily. Wishing you and Amy all the joys of parenthood. Very touching letter! It certainly brings back lots memory.

Lorne

]]> Comment on A Letter For My Daughter by Mary http://blog.johnath.com/2010/02/16/a-letter-for-my-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-215098 Mary Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:52:34 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=447#comment-215098 Congratulations again -- this was such a beautiful, moving post. I love that Lily can look back at this some day :) Congratulations again — this was such a beautiful, moving post. I love that Lily can look back at this some day :)

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