Firebug and Gmail
I logged in to Gmail this evening (to check if my brother in law thought to let me know when to pick him up from the airport) and saw a red notice at the top of the page saying that Firebug could slow down the user experience with a link to more info. I followed the link just to see what they had to say and found the first step in deactivating firebug pretty funny:
- Click the green or red icon in the bottom right corner of the browser window to open Firebug.
I won’t go in to much detail, but just say that the red icon signals an error on the page.
ironically, yslow gives Gmail a B grade. If it weren’t for yslow’s emphasis on having a CDN, gmail would get an A.