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I thought I was the only one, and didn't want to complain because its still a beta. The inspect feature is all but broken for me, and I don't like the new UI changes at all. Why fix what's not broken?

By far the most frustrating change for me is that Firebug (and the console) turns off when minimized. I often work on my laptop where screen real estate is at a premium, and having firebug ignore errors when its minimized is maddening.

Unfortunately I've come to enjoy FireQuery, which only works with the 1.4 beta or higher, so I've got to choose between them. Argh!

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FireQuery now works also with 1.3. I've backported it recently.

I maintain four addons built on top of Firebug (www.binaryage.com). It is very difficult for me to keep things working for different Firefox and Firebug versions. Especially when firebug authors are changing internals and extension points with almost every new version. And then come some people on mozilla addons and downvote my addons because they are not working for them when they first try. They even don't try to test different Firebug/Firefox versions, they just complain.

Maybe Firebug authors have same feelings about us Firebug users, or on the other hand about Firefox developers who are probably making their lives harder. I don't know. The true is that I've seen lot of criticism about broken Firebug since version 1.2

sorry for being dense, but i just tried for 15 minutes to figure out how to use firequery without success. is there a firequery tutorial for dummies?

there is probably no firequery tutorial, I thought screenshots are self-explanatory. You can try FireQuery on this test file: http://github.com/darwin/firequery/blob/master/test/index.ht...

thanks, i think i got it now. i've not used the data function before

Its really a great addon, hats off to you. I use the data() method frequently, and FireQuery is invaluable for that. Great to know I can use it with Firebug 1.3 as well.

I'd imagine its tedious to maintain compatibility with each successive version, much less several at once. From an end user, please know that your hard work is appreciated.

I think it stays on if you click the [-] or the status bar icon instead of the Off button.

Thank you! I had noticed clicking the status bar icon but didn't really see the minus! Life's good again.

You sir have made my day. Thank you.

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