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Top Firefox extensions for mobile content development

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After putting up a poll about which Firefox extensions are most useful for mobile web developers, a number of people suggested that there should be a separate page to list these.

My personal list is as follows:

Web Developer Toolbar

Chris Pederick's toolbar isn't a mobile-specific extension but is nonetheless extremely handy since it lets you do quite a few different things from seeing information about the current page to turning on and off various DOM elements. The page size indicator is particularly useful since it adds up

http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

User Agent Switcher Extension

This extension lets you set up your Firefox to send headers of your choice in each request it makes such that the browser looks like a different browser to the web server. This is very useful means for looking at sites that use device detection to serve specific versions of a site. I have mine set up to emulate a couple of popular phones.

http://chrispederick.com/work/useragentswitcher/

wmlbrowser Extension

This extension lets Firefox display WML 1.x markup which is something it can't normally do. This is useful for testing older mobile sites that use WML rather than XHTML. By the way, the desktop version of Opera supports WML natively, making it a very handy tool to keep around.

http://wmlbrowser.mozdev.org/

XHTML Mobile Profile Extension

Firefox can't handle the mime-type application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml which is one of the possible mime-types for XHTML Mobile Profile, and which is supported by most phones. This extension adds support for this mime-type. (The other, application/xhtml+xml, is supported natively by Firefox.)

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1345/

Posted by admin 3 years 10 weeks ago

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Posted by jonarne 2 years ago

Another useful firefox add-on is the Modify Headers add-on.

Can be used to modify the http header and for example simulate a client connecting to a mobile portal via a wap-gateway.

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Posted by ph3n0m 2 years ago

already posted

Posted by craignewton 1 year ago

Another great extension in FireFox is FireFTP, that I use for uploading my locally modified mobile pages to my hosting provider. It is extremely easy to use and is very powerful.
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Posted by drashok 31 weeks ago

Hi Craig Newton,
I plan to use FireFTP.

What I am looking for is elementary, very basic.

Quote:
I want a code for mobile page switching for my website.

The closest I have come to is at #coolstuff. I am also dissecting mobile templates.
I use plaintxtblog of Scott Wallick.

Pointers for beginner will be appreciated.

Regards,
Ashok Koparday