5 Useful Browser Addons For Testers – Firefox
A simple list of 5 useful browser add on to support software testers in daily testing tasks.
Open Firefox browser and navigate to Add-ons from the left side menu (burger shape) or you can follow this link – about:addons
Search for your desirable extension by type in the keywords on the search box. i.e. – Firebug or Firepath
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1. FireBug
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Website URL : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/
2. NetExport
It allows you to export the net stats from firebug for a page, this could help with bug reporting, and root cause analysis for us all.
http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/netexport/
You can download is from here:
https://getfirebug.com/releases/netexport/
3. FirePath
With FirePath you can:
- Edit XPath expressions and CSS3 selectors with auto completion for XPath (using TAB or up and down arrows).
- Evaluate the expression on HTML or any XML documents.
- Display the result of evaluations in a Firebug-like DOM tree.
- Highlight the results directly on the document displayed by Firefox (works only with HTML documents).
- Generate an XPath expression or a CSS selector for an element by right clicking on it and selecting “Inspect in FirePath” in the context menu.
- Define the evaluation context of an XPath expression or CSS3 selector.
- Choose the document in which to evaluate the XPath expression or CSS3 selector (only applicable for HTML documents with frames or iframes).
Website URL : http://code.google.com/p/firepath/
4. FireShot Lite
Capture full web page screenshots in Firefox, Chrome, or IE, and then edit and save them in a few clicks!
FireShot helps you capture web page screenshots, perform quick edits, add text annotations, and save the captures as a PDF or image file, send to e-mail, print or copy to clipboard, export, share on the WWW or upload to FTP.
Website URL : http://getfireshot.com/
5. Web Developer Tool Bar
The Web Developer extension adds various web developer tools to a browser. The extension is available for Chrome and Firefox, and will run on any platform that these browsers support including Windows, OS X and Linux.
Website URL : http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
