The Web Developer designed for Firefox, Flock and Seamonkey is a free extension that adds a menu and a toolbar. It will run on any platform that these browsers support including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Just to list a few features:
- Disable Javascript
- Disable Referrer
- Disable Cookies
- Add Cookies
- View Cookie Information
- Disable Styles
- Edit Styles (on the fly)
- Display Form Details
- Show Passwords
- Make Form Fields Editable
- Disable Images
- Edit HTML (on the fly)
- Resize Window
- Various Validation
- View Generated Source
- Many other features…
Most of the features are useful for testing various browser compatibilities. Not all users will enable cookies, referrers, images, or javascript on their browser. The Web Developer plugin allows an easy way to test how your site will handle various situations. Most useful if Edit CSS and Edit HTML will bring up windows that allow changes and saves that will update on the fly. This plugin displays as a FireFox toolbar and (like most Firefox plugins) has no problems during the uninstall process.
Overall, Web Developer is a great tool for developing sites in HTML and CSS. It is also a useful tool when developing AJAX enabled sites, as you can view the generated source. To try Web Developer, visit the developer’s site directly at http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/ or from Firefox Extensions at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60.
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