DOM Inspector not shipping in Firefox 3

DOM Inspector is not going to ship as a optional component in Firefox 3. Currently it's available in the installer as a optional component. This will not be the case in Firefox 3.

The reasons for this are very good:

- it forced users to select custom install just to get the DOM Inspector

- it forced users to install Firefox again just to get the DOM Inspector if they didn't choose it on the first install

Instead it will be made available as an extension on addons.mozilla.org. See bug 271812 for more information.

Personally I think it's the right decision. I just hope that it will be available very soon on addons.mozilla.org

February 26, 2008 12:13 PM | Posted in Mozilla