Firefox is an open-source web browser developed by Mozilla
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation.
Questions tagged [firefox]
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Are Chrome Developer Tools an adequate substitute for Firebug?
Are Chrome Developer Tools an adequate substitute for Firebug?
I'm learning how to develop simple web apps using Django. The book I have recommends installing Firefox/Firebug. I'm used to Chrome and wanted to know if I need to switch or if Chrome…
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When opening pdf's in browser, why is "inspect element" available and "view source" not?
When opening pdf's in Chrome and Firefox, the "view source" button is greyed out. "Inspect elemet," however, reveals HTML. Are the browsers simply downloading the file and generating html to display it?
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How should you approach supporting rapidly-updating web browsers?
Today, Firefox 5 was released. If all goes according to plan, Firefox 7 will be out by the end of the year. Firefox has adopted the Google Chrome development model wherein version numbers are largely unimportant and so just supporting "the latest…
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Why do browsers leak memory?
A colleague and I were speaking about browsers (using a browser control object in a project), and it appears as plain as day that all browsers (Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera) display the same characteristic or side-effect from their usage and that…
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What is Mozilla's new release management strategy?
I saw today that Firefox released a new version (5). I tried reading about what was added and ran into this link.
It states that:
Mozilla has launched Firefox 5, a new
version of the popular open source Web
browser. This is the first update…
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Arguments to homologate Firefox in a Company
I developed a web project for my company and this project was designed to use Mozilla Firefox (including the javascript (jQuery)). However, now the company wants the project to be transferred to Internet Explorer.
I know that in Google, there are…
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Detect frameworks and/or CMS utilized on websites in Firefox
I'm redesigning the website for my academic library and am examining other sites to determine to identify the technologies used. Things like:
Web frameworks
Javascript frameworks
Server-side technology
Content management system
Now I've had some…
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Benefits of rapid release development cycle adopted by the Mozilla Foundation
Which the real benefits of rapid release development cycle adopted by the Mozilla Foundation in comparison with the strategy adopted previously?
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What are advantages and disadvantages of browser rapid release cycles for web developers?
Chrome and Firefox have now rapid release cycles. Also Opera is starting to get speed and Internet Explorer should take the high road soon. I am a web developer. What does that mean for me? What consequences does it have for me? Will it be an…
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How to determine the reason why Firefox has poor performance on my web application?
I am developing a complex web application, which is working fine on Chrome and IE, but recently has developed huge performance issues on Firefox which lead us to block it's usage completely to avoid a poor UX while the problem isn't solved.
Below is…
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The future of application cache in HTML 5
I had previously deployed application storage in HTML5 to great success in the deployment stage of a few client projects. I used the app cache feature mostly as a way to allow my clients to remotely install kiosk software in their web browser…
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Is 'Aurora' a good release paradigm?
As we all know, there is 'alpha', and 'beta' release status.
Mozilla Firefox, however, labels its releases differently: 'nightly', 'aurora', 'beta'.
Is this an example to follow? Is aurora the new alpha?
Does it create confusion, since it is…
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How do you feel about browsers getting into the low level intricacies?
i was working on a website with FF4 and while resizing an element with Firebug, FF4 just crashed my nVidia Display Driver. Fortunately Windows 7 was able to help me by recovering from this serious error and i was able to completely recover my work…
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Performance increase by only attach onblur handler inside of onfocus handler?
Given a web page with input fields, does it have a performance difference whether or not you assign the onblur handler inside of the onfocus handler like so:
var inputFields = document.querySelectorAll("input");
for (i = 0; i < inputFields.length;…
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How do I find the JavaScript that is invoked when I click on a button or a link in a web-page (part of a data mining project)?
I tried to use the 'inspect element' of the firebug addon for Firefox but it doesn't give me any link to the javascript.
For example I got this from the firebug add-on:
text of the link
But there is no link to the…
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