Cannot download firebug lite for local site

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Originally reported on Google Code with ID 3227

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go to getfirebug.com
2. Notice there is no download link

What is the expected result? What do you see instead?

There should be a downloadable archive (zip) that has firebuglite.js and all other
necessary files. I also need instructions for how to properly include things so that
.css etc. files can be found and used correctly.

Reported by dongryphon on 2010-07-13 01:11:08

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I've wasted over an hour now trying to get this downloaded so I can use it for my web
app. I've used FBL in the past (and loved it by the way). This used to be a simple
matter. And by the way, WTF is a "Bookmarklet" anyway? Unless I'm missing something,
I don't see how I can get any benefit from FBL unless I host it since that would violate
the SOP security model.

Reported by dongryphon on 2010-07-13 01:22:49

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet

http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite

http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Firebug_Lite

Next time please use the newsgroup for questions please:
http://groups.google.com/group/firebug

Reported by johnjbarton@johnjbarton.com on 2010-07-14 04:19:05

• Status changed: NeedInfo

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I appreciate the info and links, but there is no download link that I can find at getfirebug.com/firebuglite
... I spent 20 minutes scrutinizing the page.

The red box at the top links down to the Install section which links down to the Stable
section (amongst others). At that point there is mention of a "Stable local link" but
no way to get the files that would require. The Install link activates Firebug lite
on the getfirebug.com page which is nice to demo its functionality, but not helpful
for getting it down to my machine. I tried Save Web Page complete and poked into the
"files" folder, but no luck.

I hope that clarifies things. And sorry about the question part.

Reported by dongryphon on 2010-07-16 00:08:40

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Reported by johnjbarton@johnjbarton.com on 2010-07-16 15:09:46

• Status changed: Triaged
• Labels added: lite, doc

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Hi dongryphon,

Sorry about the delay, I was busy. Next time, as John pointed out, the best place to
post such questions is the group, and you probably will get a faster response too!
:)

http://groups.google.com/group/firebug

>> There should be a downloadable archive (zip) that has firebuglite.js and all other
necessary files.

And we have one:

http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/latest/firebug-lite.tar.tgz

>> I also need instructions for how to properly include things so that .css etc. files
can be found and used correctly.

What do you mean by "files [that] can be found and used correctly"? Are you talking
about a) Firebug Lite's own .css file (which defines how FBLite looks like), or are
you talking about b) css files used in the page you are debugging?

If it is about a) you don't have to do nothing. Firebug Lite will inject its style
automatically.

If it is about b) you have to load all css files locally (use the same protocol + domain
+ port as your page).

About our documentation, I agree that we need to improve it, and sorry for the confusion.

Actually we had the link to the zip file in the old version of the Firebug Lite page,
but we changed the page because it was even more confuse than it is today :)

http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.3/#Install

That old version was not describing what is the difference between the "stable", "debug",
"beta" and "developer" channels; and also was not describing the differences between
"bookmarlet", "live link", "local link" versions. We redesigned the page and forgot
to include the link to the zip (I'll fix it):

http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite#Install

If you have any particular suggestion to make the installation instructions clearer,
please let me know.

We also need to update the wiki, all info there are outdated:

http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Firebug_Lite

Reported by pedrosimonetti on 2010-07-20 13:51:43

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I think the primary thing was the missing download link, thanks! Adding it to the page
I can see would be once per channel. The location part was (a), so (once I get the
files<g>) it will be painless.

On rereading my original bug report it sounds *itchy... sorry for that. I really think
you guys have done an awesome job on FBL! I think it was just the missing link that
sent things sideways for me.

The only suggestion I can offer is the put back the link, but you've already got that
covered. I don't think there is anymore to this BR than that.

Reported by dongryphon on 2010-07-22 00:29:58

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Sorry for long delay. I have included a link to download in each "local" section:

http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite

If you have any other suggestion to make the instructions clearer, please let me know.

This is one of 13 issues fixed in Firebug Lite 1.3.1. Please check it out.

Reported by pedrosimonetti on 2010-09-09 21:26:47

• Status changed: Fixed