What Handy Tools Has Firefox Added For Web Developers?

At the beginning of February, Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux released some handy tools for web developers that will allow them to change the look and feel of a website in real time. This will make the job of a developer much easier and will allow them to do some incredible things with the internet. But what are some of these new tools and what do they mean for the web development industry?

• Page Inspector
  This will give web developers access into a web page’s structure and layout without them having to leave Firefox. This will allow developers to navigate efficiently between page elements and viewing the HTML documentation for the page.
• Style Inspector
  This will make editing the style of the website much easier. Developers will be given access to CSS Properties and will be able to view or change the values for their website all within Firefox.
• Scratch Pad
  This feature uses the Eclipse Orion code editor to highlight syntax, as well as including other features that will make it much easier and simpler to write JavaScript for developers.
• Full-Screen API
  The Mozilla Full-Screen API for websites and web applications will allow developers to build online experiences that make use of the entire screen. Essentially, this will allow web developers to create full screen games (creating an experience that rivals that of a gaming console), engrossing video experiences, and presentation sharing.
• WebGL
  This is actually a web standard that allows websites and web applications to display hardware-accelerated 3D graphics without the use of any third-party software. Firefox now supports an Anti-Aliasing feature for WebGL that will allow web developers to create objects that blend and move smoothly. Firefox now also supports CSS 3D Transforms, which will allow developers to animate 2D elements into 3D without the use of third-party plugins.

Firefox has also placed an emphasis on improving its add-on compatibility by making them compatible by default. This has been a feature long worked on by Firefox’s web developers and is finally ready to be utilized after many failed attempts at improving compatibility.

Through the use of these handy and revolutionary tools, web developers using Firefox around the world will be able to change the internet as we know it. By making it easier and simpler to change websites in real time (without having to leave Firefox), developers will be able to create better and more user-friendly projects.