You won’t find any super-advanced addons for “extracting strings from xml and javascript files to simplify mozilla application localization process” or “debug running applets and Java Webstart application” in this list. These addons are intended for “the rest of us” – people who grudgingly have to edit our own web sites.
The first number displayed is the time it took to see the first byte returned from the server (from your click to the first byte received by your browser). It’s displayed in seconds (up to the thousandth of a second).
The second number is how long it took to display the page (from your click to the complete rendering of the page). Again, the time is displayed in seconds, up to the thousandth of a second.
The third number displayed is the total page size (number of bytes/kilobytes/megabytes used to display the page). This value includes both bytes fetched from the server and bytes fetched from the browsers cache.
The forth and final number is the total number of “requests” used to fetch the page content (images, style-sheet, javascript etc). Again, this value includes both data downloaded from the server and cache requests.
Source Viewer Tab settings
Source Viewer Tab displaying HTML source in a tab
Right-click a blank spot on any web page and select View This Page in IE to do just that.
To use Safari instead of IE (OS X only), change the Internet Explorer Location to/usr/bin/open and add -a Safari to the Parameters field.
IE View Lite set to use Safari
- MeasureIt
Quick Usage Instructions
- Click the MeasureIt button in the bottom right corner of Firefox
- Click and drag the area you want to measure.
- lori
The first number displayed is the time it took to see the first byte returned from the server (from your click to the first byte received by your browser). It’s displayed in seconds (up to the thousandth of a second).
The second number is how long it took to display the page (from your click to the complete rendering of the page). Again, the time is displayed in seconds, up to the thousandth of a second.
The third number displayed is the total page size (number of bytes/kilobytes/megabytes used to display the page). This value includes both bytes fetched from the server and bytes fetched from the browsers cache.
The forth and final number is the total number of “requests” used to fetch the page content (images, style-sheet, javascript etc). Again, this value includes both data downloaded from the server and cache requests.
- Source Viewer Tab
Source Viewer Tab settings
Source Viewer Tab displaying HTML source in a tab
- IE View Lite
Right-click a blank spot on any web page and select View This Page in IE to do just that.
To use Safari instead of IE (OS X only), change the Internet Explorer Location to/usr/bin/open and add -a Safari to the Parameters field.
IE View Lite set to use Safari
- Firebug