June 22, 2007

Safari's new Web Inspector

Safari just got itself a brand new Web Inspector. I just downloaded the nightly build of the Safari engine (WebKit) to test the new inspector and all I have to say is: it's magnificent! It's beaten any web debugging / development tool I have ever used. Those are my first impressions though. I haven't had a chance to do a lot with it. The other stuff that I have noticed is the User Interface. As usual, designed with the user in mind and the Apple way. Here's a screenshot:



Take note that WebKit is available both for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. You can download the nightly build here: http://www.webkit.org. After installing WebKit, you will need to activate the inspector. To do this, on OS X, type the following in your terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true.

Restart Safari, open a website of your interest and right click on the page. In the contextual menu, choose the "Inspect Element" option.


-- JPGeek.

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