ejcross — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:42:15 +0000

Yeah, this is a good extension for Firefox. I have been using it for sometime and it does a good job. It's really neat too, because I usually leave it on, and it is amazing the number of sites that I frequent, just how many of them aren't valid.

It gets my curiosity up, and of course, ya just gotta look!

Megan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:59:54 +0000

Today I discovered another handy tool, the HTML Validator (for firefox). This simply shows a valid/invalid message in the status bar, along with the number of errors (if you choose to show the text as well as the icon). I don't know about you, but I don't exactly go around running the validator on my web pages all the time. This is a handy way to catch validation errors without really trying.

JeevesBond — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:51:48 +0000

I've been using Firebug for a while now and find it absolutely indispensable.

ejcross wrote: The one thing I do like is the ability to modify the css code and see instant results on the screen.

Agreed on that! Only problem is if you make a whole load of changes, then they have to be ported back to the CSS files, if you're working on a site with a lot of CSS it's easy to lose track of what you've changed!

ejcross — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:11:56 +0000

Ok, so I've been playing around with Firebug and I really like it!

The greatest part is I prefer to develop my sites locally using XAMPP, so this really helps me to be able to see the site, and make changes to it right there in the browser window without having to switch back and forth between so many screens all the time.

Thanks for that help there, it ROCKS!

sitesupport — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:48:24 +0000

Thanks for the links!

ejcross — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:51:27 +0000

Firebug looks like it definately has some good possibilities! I just started playing around with it too, so I'm not sure about it yet. The one thing I do like is the ability to modify the css code and see instant results on the screen. This will make local development a lot easier for sure!

I'll check out the other two as well, and thanks for those!

Megan — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:43:37 +0000

If you want to take it a step further, check out Firebug

Web developer toolbars are also available for Opera and IE. I find they all have their strengths and weaknesses

pr0gr4mm3r — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:55:03 +0000

Here's a link to download it from Mozilla's site if you prefer -> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60

CSS Viewer and MeasureIt are two other extensions that makes testing websites a lot more efficient.