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by imple 3193 days ago
I can throw my hat into the ring and attest to just how great 57 is. I can remember the Australis update coming out and receiving a mixed reaction, but I can't see this update receiving anything but praise. If you've been on Chrome for a while I'd definitely encourage you to try it out.

As a developer one small thing that's irked me is the recent removal of the ability for the dev tools to render html responses. There's an bug open here https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1350229 but it seems to have stagnated. It seems like the functionality was removed on a hunch and it's not been added back in, meaning I have to head to Chrome to debug some ajax requests. This, and the lack of LastPass support are the only things holding it back for me.
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ryebit 3193 days ago
Yeah, the whole pulling the API rug out from under Firebug really disappointed me. The FF dev tools looked good initially, but I quickly realized I couldn't actually use them. It was death by a thousand papercuts: all of the features seem to have some trivial-seeming problem that ends up hampering productivity past the point where switching to Chrome's dev tools gets the job done. It may lack some things I do like about FF dev tools, but the features it does have actually work in a responsive and glitch-free manner.
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floatboth 3193 days ago
Wow, someone still used Firebug o_0 I dropped it as soon as the first version of Firefox Dev Tools shipped.
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gilrain 3193 days ago
Just as an aside, I used LastPass for a long time, and held on in discomfort for a while after their acquisition, but their inability to keep their Firefox plugin updated or even working finally convinced me to switch to 1Password. I couldn't be happier, and their Firefox extension is modern and well-done!
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sf_rob 3193 days ago
LastPass has announced that they will have their extension updated by the time 57 hits release. I'm not sure it's fair to expect them to have something for Beta even if their competitors do.
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fgonzag 3193 days ago
If you use firefox beta then it's fair to look for a product that supports your use case.
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staticassertion 3193 days ago
Lots of extensions are waiting for the stable release before updating.
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gilrain 3192 days ago
Not the ones that want devs' business, at least this dev. I need to stay ahead of the game.
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