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		jraph on June 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cool URIs don't change (1998) For browsers, the opposite has been true. Developer tools that you once installed as extensions (hello Firebug) are now shipped in the browser.

cxr on June 17, 2021 | [–]

Firefox's current devtools shipped beginning with Firefox 4. It was only Firefox 3.x that shipped without any kind of tooling for web developers. Prior to Firefox 3, the original DOM Inspector was built-in by default (just like the case with Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey).

pjmlp on June 17, 2021 | [–]

I know, just expect it to turn full circle.

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