It's the bane of every web developer's existence – tracking down and diagnosing bugs in the myriad of different web browsers available. There are some incredibly helpful tools out there, but most are limited to a particular browser. However there's a new option by the name of Firebug Lite, that's designed to work in any browser.
Tools like the Firefox add-on Firebug, and Opera's new Dragonfly, can ease the web development process by providing debugging tools like console interfaces, XmlHttpRequest tracking, and all sorts of useful information about what your pages are doing (or not doing).
But what if you aren't a fan of Firefox or Opera? What if you need to debug a page in Internet Explorer or Safari? Well Safari offers some limited tools if you enable them, but there's a new option that's well worth a look – Firebug Lite.
Firebug Lite is a JavaScript Library that you can activate in any browser using a simple bookmarklet. The Firebug Lite JavaScript suite replicates the most useful tools you'll find in the venerable Firebug add-on, including the console, command line interface and XmlHttpRequest inspector.
Because Firebug Lite is just a bunch of JavaScript files you can keep a local copy inside your development projects and debug in any browser you have on hand. Firebug Lite doesn't interfere with HTML elements that aren't created by the app, so there's no need to worry about JavaScript conflicts.
Firebug Lite is free and works anywhere JavaScript does. You can grab a copy from the official site.
[via Web Worker Daily]
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