Firebug : web development evolved

I found firebug very useful while developing my Paint Chat (which is not a big code as such but still), so here it goes in admiration of firebug:

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

Firebug is firefox addon that helps you in webdevelopment with
its powerful feature such as javascript debugger, Inspect and edit HTML, Tweak CSS to perfection, Monitor network activity, Explore the DOM and many more. Feature I like most is its quickly diagnosing problem, it allows you set break points and checking intermediate values of variable for javascript thus making a great javascript debugger. Many times you are stuck at where did the code went wrong so in way its a lot useful in saving time.

I also like is its inspecting html and modifying html and css on fly and see the results with helpful tooltips. It also help in positioning of divs, images with its nice feature of visuallizing css metrics with ruler and box model coloring(HTML inspecting).

It other great feature is its interface which is comes with browser window split in two halves one for your website and one is extension interface (though it also can be detached from it). I am also a fan of Web developer toolbar extension but what it lacks is a java debugger and this great interface but both are a must of a web developer.

If you want to develop firefox extension..

February 12, 2007 | Filed Under programming, tips, web2.0, webdev | 1 Comment

Firefox about: pages

Special pages available in firefox :

about: A simple prompt without any parameter will display the Mozilla “about” information.
about:logo Displays firefox logo.
about:licence Informaion regarding licencing, Mozilla Public licence, Source code licence
about:buildconfig It shows the build platform configuration and parameters.
about:blank — A blank page. Useful for setting as your homepage.
about:cache Displays info and statistics regarding memory cache device and disk cache device including the number of enteries, name of your cache’s directory and a list of the entries you can find there. From there ou can view cached webpages and images.
about:config It provied you an nice interface to tweak firefox settings. It allows you to modify firefox preferences. Read About:config entries to more about it. These entries are stored in pref.js folder in your profile.
about:plugins provides information regarding installed plugins (plugins help your browser perform specific functions like viewing special graphic formats or playing multimedia files.) like flash, quicktime, realplayer, adobe reader and java plugin
about:credits This is an alphabetically sorted list of all the people that gave their contribution to the development of Firefox.
about:Mozilla from Book of Mozilla, 7:15

And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.

Works with Flock too but with different Quote:
from Book of Mozilla, 11:1

And when the Beast had taken the quarter of the Earth under its rule, a quarter hundred Birds of Sulfur flew from the Depths. The birds crossed hundreds of mountain views and found twenty four wise men who came from the stars. And then it began, the believers dared to listen. Then, they took their pens and dared to create. Finally, they dared to share their deed with the whole of mankind. Spreading words of freedom and breaking the chains, the birds brought deliverance to everyone.

Update: (12th April 2007)

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul To open firefox inside firefox

Update: (13th April 2007)

Editing configuration files..

Update : (4th April 2008)

javascript: – opens the js console
view-source:www.google.com/ view source for given url

Update: (22nd April 2008)

about:robots (Works with firefox versions later than v3 beta5) Message from Robots

Update: (2nd May 2008)

Type resource: in your location bar to directly go to firefox installation directory.

Update: (5nd May 2008)

about:crashes (type it in location bar) to track all the crash reports that you have submitted whenever firefox crashes.

About protocol links >>

Read The Book of Mozilla

Firefox: The Jewel of open Source, from xkcd

January 31, 2007 | Filed Under firefox, tips | 17 Comments

Cleaning up a Ubuntu GNU/Linux system

I’m using ubuntu dapper, and i came across this nice ubuntu blog : Ubuntu Tutorials, having post on how to clean your ubuntu system to remove residual config packages, partial packages to free up your disk space. it also provides screen shot to help you follow the process. it also explains how to use localpurge, deborhan and other tools.

Read more >> Cleaning up a ubuntu system

Related post : How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!

January 30, 2007 | Filed Under linux, tips | 1 Comment

Ways to hinder your buisness online !

I cam across this great post by Guy Kawasaki, on ways you dont want to follow to stop your buisness growth online. some of points form list :

Enforced immediate registration.
The unsearchable web site
The long URL.

January 30, 2007 | Filed Under listing, tips, web | Leave a Comment

You want to stop smoking ?

What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now?

Its not the stuff i usually write about, but kinda like the post.

In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.

In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.

In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.

In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.

Enabling and disabling services during start up in GNU/Linux

In any Linux distribution, some services are enabled to start at boot up by default. For example, on my machine, I have pcmcia, cron daemon, postfix mail transport agent … just to name a few, which start during boot up. Usually, it is prudent to disable all services that are not needed as they are potential security risks and also they unnecessarily waste hardware resources.

The start-up scripts are stored in the ‘/etc/init.d/‘ directory. So if you want to say, enable apache webserver in different run levels, then you should have a script related to the apache webserver in the /etc/init.d/ directory. It is usually created at the time of installing the software.

This article describes how can we enable or disable different services during boot in different kind of distros like Redhat, Debian, Gentoo
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September 25, 2006 | Filed Under linux, tips | Leave a Comment

25 things you must know before buying digital camera

very-very important things that u might forgot when you buying your new digital camera

August 28, 2006 | Filed Under listing, tips | Leave a Comment

Top 10 free and cheap productivity tools

From Gina Trapani @ Lifehacker

Getting organized, focused and productive doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. We’ve reviewed thousands of time-saving applications and gadgets here at Lifehacker over the past year and a half, but a handful of really shine when it comes down to getting your stuff done, and most of them are simple, widely available, free or almost free. Here are my top 10 picks for best free and cheap productivity tools, in no particular order.