Chrome extensions for web designers
Firebug Lite is a pretty good extension, but it’s not quite up to the full Firebug in Firefox. Until the Chrome extension gets rid of the “Lite” designation, I’m going to still have to use Firefox.
According to NetApplications.com, Google Chrome has reached 7.24% of the world-wide browser market in June 2010 and is the third most popular web browser, behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox. The data indicates that Chrome had more than 70 million active users in May 2010, which is up from 30 million in June 2009. Google Chrome has extensions that help add functionality to the browser, and there are tons for web designers to use for help in designing web sites. Here are 13 Google Chrome extensions that web designers should check out:
Firebug Lite
Firebug Lite is a great extension that allows you to view the HTML, CSS, or Javascript code of any web site. A great feature of Firebug Lite is the ability to modify web site traits and behavior to preview how the changes would look before you actually implement them. One neat trick is if you highlight a specific area of a web page that you are trying to figure out the code for, and then you right-click, you will see an option to Inspect Element. When you press it, you will be able to see the HTML/CSS/Javascript code for that element.
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