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		thow-01187 on March 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innov... I used to love Firebug, but couldn't help but notice it getting more and more sluggish over the years, with no apparent cause for it. Does anyone know what happened?

kgc on March 16, 2021 | [–]

Firebug was the same speed, but Chrome got faster and websites felt comfortable piling on more JS as a result.

girishso on March 17, 2021 | [–]

For whatever reason Firefox decided to write it's own Dev tool. I remember Firebug developer(s) saying why are you not integrating Firebug itself in Firefox?

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