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  • Firebug lives on in Firefox DevTools

    Firebug, the original browser developer tool, has been discontinued as a separate Firefox add-on, and will go forward as Firebug.next atop Firefox DevTools. The spirit of Firebug lives on in all of the browser developer tools we build and use today.

  • Level Up Your Cross-Browser Testing

    Today we’re announcing a special opportunity for web developers to learn how to build and automate functional browser tests — we’ve partnered with Sauce Labs to offer a special extended trial of their excellent tools, and we’ve created a custom learning resource as part of this trial. 2016: The year ...

  • Firefox Hardware Report for Web Developers

    Suppose you’re developing a sophisticated web game or application, and you’re wondering — will it actually be able to run? What hardware should I be targeting to get the widest possible audience? Existing hardware reports (such as those from Valve and Unity) are excellent, but represent a different group of ...

  • W3C Workshop on Web and Virtual Reality: A Look Ahead

    The [W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality](https://www.w3.org/2016/06/vr-workshop/) was a massive success. In an unprecedented showing, all the major browser vendors and some of the biggest names in technology rallied around a single vision to help reshape how we will work and interact with the web of the future through ...

  • Async/Await Arrive in Firefox

    The new async and await keywords—which make asynchronous code more concise, obvious, and maintainable—have arrived in Firefox 52. Currently available in the latest Developer Edition release, Firefox 52 is scheduled for general release in March 2017. JavaScript owes its excellent single-threaded performance and responsiveness on the web to its pervasively ...

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