Mozilla's new browser allows devs to "debug the whole Web"

[Justin Kahn]

Mozilla, makers of the well known Firefox browser, have a new web surfer in the works. The company released a short trailer today, teasing the launch of a new developer driven browser. Set for release next week, Mozilla’s upcoming browser is described as “built by developers for developers.”

The new browser is based of the familiar Firefox browser, so developers will know their way around immediately. The difference is that it is loaded with developer friendly tools that allow you to “debug the whole Web,” according to Mozilla. There is everything from a host of debugging capabilities to the new Firefox Tools Adapter and WebIDE. 

Developers typically use a series of different tools spread across various platforms and browsers which, according to Mozilla, can slow them down. This new dev focused browser product is the company’s attempt to integrate that workflow as much as possible. As per usual with Mozilla, there will be a lot more goodies on the way in terms of tools, functionality and future support.

It's hard to say if it will be the type of product the average user can make use of, or will even want to for that matter. It sounds like it might be something just so developers can code directly in the browser itself but it's hard to say at this point. Mozilla says it has “redesigned the browser by looking at it through a completely new filter to put developers’ interests first…allowing you to more easily build awesome Web experiences.”

The new browser will be released on November 10th and you can sign up for the company’s Hack newsletter to be notified as soon as it becomes available. You can take a peek at the teaser trailer below: 

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[TraceAbsence]

All I ask is that Mozilla finds a way to prevent THIS SITE IS UNTRUSTED sign.

 

[Bao Nguyen]

Um the best thing Mozilla can do is to help developer debug "all" web on Firefox, how are they gonna guarantee that by using their tool and make it work it will also work on other browsers, especially IE8 and below?

So I guess web developers will still have to use multiple tool if they want to support many browsers.

 

[Puiu]

You guys keep talking, but as a developer I can safely say that Firefox is the browser you need. The tools the browser has are already very good and when you couple them with Firebug you have a feature complete toolset. You will still need to use other browsers to check for compatibility, but that's not Mozilla's problem, it's ours. IE and Chrome just don't come close to it.

 

[Guest]

"All I ask is that Mozilla finds a way to prevent THIS SITE IS UNTRUSTED sign."
Huh? Make sure the date and time on your pc is the real date and time and firefox won't think that the web site certificate is from 10 years in the future?
If it isn't related to this then I have no clue what other things you're doing to mess it up.

 

[Pomf~]

All I ask is that Mozilla finds a way to prevent THIS SITE IS UNTRUSTED sign.

Thats a time issue on your computer.

 

[Guest]

Better fix long time bug: memory leak in Firefox