Reviews for Web Developer
Web Developer by chrispederick
481 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13578070, 7 years agoIs there any way to restore the ability to copy the descendant selectors of a selected element on the page (CSS section)? I used this feature more than any other. I understand that many of the new limitations are imposed by the new API. But the Chrome version is also altered...
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThis is something that needs rewriting as the way it was written no longer works in the new Firefox, but I hope to add it back in a future release. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13557292, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by macca, 7 years agoEchoing everything others have said - no way I can carry on using this. Please bring back the old version... loved using it over the years - so friendly and easy, now it's impossible and no help at all!
Developer response
posted 7 years agoOlder versions of the extension are available here, but note that they are not supported and will not work in future versions of Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/
I cannot bring back the old version for Firefox 57 or later because Firefox required all extensions to be completely rewritten and older versions are completely non-functional. None of these changes were my decision. - Rated 1 out of 5by 4arter, 7 years agoPlease allow us to download older versions. I use FF for primary web development because of the great tools available. When FF updated I kept my version at 55 to keep my tools working. I neglected to set this extension to 'do not upgrade'. Now 2.01 on FF 55 crashes when I try to use VIEW CSS. I can't find a way to revert to an older version of this extension. It's a crippled version of what once was.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoOlder versions of the extension are available here, but note that they are not supported and will not work in future versions of Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13574361, 7 years agoThis has a lot of helpful features. The one that allows the developer to change the posts to gets in a form (and vice versa) are ones that I use ALL the time!
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13574058, 7 years agoIt was such a great extension before the last update of Firefox, but now the possibilities are seriously limited. I've been using it with joy for many years, but now it doesn't even come close to what it was.
I know this is not chrispederick's fault. I can only dream that the FF people do something to make its old functionality possible again. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13571894, 7 years agoI desperately want the toolbar back as it used to be... indispensable!
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13570720, 7 years agoWhere is the Disable Javascript option ? :'(
This extension is now useless for me. :/Developer response
posted 7 years agoFirefox removed the APIs that powered the disable features so these features had to be removed from the extension. I have asked Firefox to add support for these APIs back in, but until they do so there is nothing I can do on my end unfortunately. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13562268, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13490437, 7 years agoThis is no longer a toolbar, it is some sort of pop up and you can't access the majority of function because they don't fit inside the bounds of the pop up. It just doesn't work.
- Rated 5 out of 5by duffimc, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13560870, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by hobz, 7 years agoIs it ppossible to put a WedDev toolbar below the address bar, as it was on the previous Firefox versions? Now I have only an icon which opens the WD menu
I use Firefox Quantum Developer Edition, latest at the momentDeveloper response
posted 7 years agoThe new version of Firefox no longer allows extensions to create toolbars and there is nothing I can do to work around this limitation. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13560550, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by LH77, 7 years agoThis extension has been something I have used and benefited from extensively for years now. I'm sorry to see the changes with the new version of firefox. I am not a fan. Guess we just have to get used to it, everything that we come to love and that works so well seems to get wiped away. I'm so tired of having to relearn things I've already spent so much time learning. I'd much rather go on to learn something new than have to relearn the same things over and over. Anyways, thanks, Chris, your extension has been amazing and you are much appreciated.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13550493, 7 years agoRIP
I am so sad!
This was the greatest available tool for wysiwyg editing of css.
• Display css information
• save css
with these priceless features and the sidebar gone, the addon is almost useless.
Mozilla please find a solution
Chrispederick, sorry for your great job wasted
I am installing an old version of both firefox and wd... - Rated 5 out of 5by Damrongrit Klangthanu, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Petko Yotov, 7 years agoThanks Chris for all your efforts. I actually prefer the new UI taking less space and where I can more easily access items without going into submenus, eg Outline-Tables-Table Cells or Forms - Convert method - Post to get, the new version achieves this with fewer clicks.
I understand that all missing features are caused by the change in the Firefox API, but I see some people complaining about features that are still available, eg View CSS.
I mostly regret the former "Disable" menu (Disable cache, referrer, proxy) but the extension is still extremely useful to me and I am grateful for the work done by Chris. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13547130, 7 years ago5 stars for the toolbar Version 1.2.13
The current version ( 2+ ) is useless.
New firefox does not support alot of stuff. That is why most of the developers I know keep an older version running and turn off the upgrades. Why don't you post a link to the older version of the extention in your blog?
UPD: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/ here is the link. Took me some effort to find it. Please post it somewhere on your website for everyone to see. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13547075, 7 years agoThanks for years of happily using your extension! Nothing short of 5 stars for your efforts!
SHAME on Firefox to disable the toolbar functionality in v.57!
I agree with the previous posters, the new UX is far from ideal.
One really annoying side effect seems to be the dependency on browser caching. One of the most used feature of your extension (for myself) is the resizing of the browser window. It seems like now every time I clear the history/cache, the preset sizes are gone!
Any chance this can be fixed?
Thanks.Developer response
posted 7 years agoThe way that extensions save data also changed in Firefox 57 and it appears as though the method I switched to (which was based on how the extension worked in Chrome) has this issue with settings getting wiped out when the cache is cleared. I think I have a workaround to this and hope to fix it in the next release. - Rated 5 out of 5by ali44, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13535110, 7 years ago"The current toolbar makes it impossible for me to use productively."
Update to my review: my text is now showing and all is well.
I should have rated this a 5 years ago and given you 5 stars. I'm sorry I didn't praise your work when I was so busy using it. This is such an amazing add-on. It is a must for web development--esp. frontend CSS and form building.
I'm using this on 52 ESR as I've masked 57+ on my computer and it will not be installed.
Thank you for the older version information!Developer response
posted 7 years agoDisplaying the tabs with icons and text is something that can be configured in the extension preferences and is actually the default:
http://share.chrispederick.com/dT5uxy/6f2HnGob
Older versions of the extension are available here, but note that they are not supported and will not work in future versions of Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/