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But did you know there were equivalents, if not better options for Opera and IE7? If the Web Developer toolbar, generally, like me was your only reason for using Firefox, maybe you should seriously consider opera
The Opera extension is also really good!
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The web developer toolbar is a menu and toolbar setup for Opera which brings together functions related to web development, validation services and links to standards and other documentation. It integrates parts of Toby's W3-dev Menu, MooseCSS's menu, and countless BookMarklets taken from various places (Jesse, Aleto, SlayerOffice, Tarquin and others).
The current public version (V1.2/V1.5) has been developed for Opera V8.0 Final or later (you must install the menu file; the toolbar is recommended though if you use Pick'n'Mix below you can customise your own buttons):
It's available here: http://operawiki.info/WebDevToolbar It installs in Opera not requiring a restart (unlike Firefox) and instantly works, in a matter of 2 seconds!
The Internet Explorer 7 Web Developer toolbar is official, and available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E59C3964-672D-4511-BB3E-2D5E1DB91038&displaylang=en
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The Microsoft Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages. This version is a preview release and behaviour may change in the final release.
The Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides several features for exploring and understanding Web pages. These features enable you to:
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* Explore and modify the document object model (DOM) of a Web page. * Locate and select specific elements on a Web page through a variety of techniques. * Selectively disable Internet Explorer settings. * View HTML object class names, ID's, and details such as link paths, tab index values, and access keys. * Outline tables, table cells, images, or selected tags. * Validate HTML, CSS, WAI, and RSS Web feed links. * Display image dimensions, file sizes, path information, and alternate (ALT) text. * Immediately resize the browser window to a new resolution. * Selectively clear the browser cache and saved cookies. Choose from all objects or those associated with a given domain. * Choose direct links to W3C specification references, the Internet Explorer team weblog (blog), and other resources. * Display a fully featured design ruler to help accurately align and measure objects on your pages. * Find the style rules used to set specific style values on an element. * View the formatted and syntax colored source of HTML and CSS.
The Developer Toolbar can be pinned to the Internet Explorer browser window or floated separately.
This Beta 3 version of the toolbar contains functionality and stability enhancements over previous versions, including:
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* Style Tracer: Right mouse click on a style value for an element and select Style Tracer to find the style rule that is effecting that value. * CSS Selector Matches: View a report of all style rules set and how many times they are used on the current page. * View Source: View the formatted and syntax coloured source of the original page, currently rendered page, element or element with the styles that are effecting it.
Both of those have many richer features than the Firefox equivalent, and exceed the features of the firefox equivalent! They are all really useful to a web developer testing in cross browser testing, so give them all a try, and maybe use the more stable, less crashy, Opera! (Recent Firefox instability, discuss here)
Comment on your experiences with the IE and Opera Web Developer extensions/toolbars here!
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