Comments on: Firefox Page Info gets a face lift

By: zhang

zhang — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:28:59 +0000

The following two firefox add-ons work nicely for my purpose.
I appreciate the efforts from the developers.

“Page info forms and links 0.8″
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7978
“Links and forms 1.0″
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7459

By: Zhang

Zhang — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:49:51 +0000

I have been using the links from “Page info” to download my data searched on a online server. After I upgraded Firefox to 3.x, all links disappeared from “Page Info”. There is no workaround available. I don’t think this is an improvement. I hope the new update or new release can fix the problem. Otherwise, I guess all users of the online server have to continue to use the old Firefox to keep the functionality. Too sad!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:33:01 +0000

I cannot believe anyone with any sense at all would consider removing the most valuable Page Info links information. This was one of the most useful features, and I often would use FireFox for this reason alone, given that some applications I have had to use require MS IE.

The Page Info links information was useful for much more than developer and debug purposes. It is very useful to create a list of URLs to be downloaded using wget with the -i option.

Now many FireFox users will have to use an old and possibly vulnerable FireFox version to have this valuable feature, and leave the automatic update feature turned off.

The form information was also useful.

It is very disappointing when things get broken because one of the most basic rules has been violated -

“If it isn’t broke, then don’t fix it!”

Now FireFox is broke and needs fixing – to put back the Page Info links (and form) information.

By: LuÃs Guilherme

LuÃs Guilherme — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:48:48 +0000

Page Info was my primary source for making Mechanize scripts. I didn’t have to crawl long and bloated html files. I pressed Ctrl+I and “tada”, I’ve got the info. Now it’s no longer there. Like someone said, this is a nose amputation, please take it back in next version of FF.

And no, it’s not an “extension”, I won’t or can’t install it in every FF I use. It is a *core* funcionality.

By: alater

alater — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:14:44 +0000

Hi there,
I cannot agree more with what the others said above.
That’s a huge mistake !
I regularly used it to analyse and report phishing pages without crawling trough the whole page source.

May I suggest that the programmers bring back the old page info with an option (somewhere in the options page) to use either the new one or the old one, depending on user preferences.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:06:14 +0000

I’m really missing the forms info too. I can probably get by with FireBug, but for mashup-type development, it’s really useful. I’ve used the forms info extensively to extend a commercial PHP app we use in-house (insert LDAP look-aside pop-ups), and was going to use it to see how easy it would be to script a command-line end-user password change in FreeNAS. I can dual-boot to Fedora Core 8 which is still running FF2, but ugh.

By: Frustrated Luser

Frustrated Luser — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:50:32 +0000

1 step forward 3 steps back. Where is the forms information? Tards keep rearranging the furniture and forget why things were the way they were. And this isn’t an alpha or a beta, this is 303!

While I’m ranting, I remember when I went from Mozilla to Firefox 1. I was pissed because they took a lot of useful stuff out of the Preferences dialog but the party line was that about:config was so much more flexible, blah, blah, blah. Now, I STILL have to go to about:config to configure numerous settings that *used*to*be* in Preferences but NOW I get some stoopidass warning about how I might screw things up. Make up your minds, tards, is about:config for normal configuration or is it a danger zone that people should be warned away from?

By: Ilya

Ilya — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:17:59 +0000

It’s not a face-lift.

It’s more like a nose amputation. ;-)

In fact, at this point, I am considering going back to firefox 2. (and I’ll definitely advise everyone to postpone the firefox3 migration).

Please put it back.

Also note: that this dialog is mostly used by people who know how to look through the links (and normally want to see all links), so I don’t see any justification for this regression.

By: KB

KB — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:42:16 +0000

Thanks a lot. I was desperate to get back forms and links tabs after upgrading to FF 3.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:23:58 +0000

I found this thread via google while searching for a way to get the forms info back in firefox 3… Very shortsighted on the part of the developers.

By: Tonya

Tonya — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:32:48 +0000

FireFox 3.0 is JUNK now and just worthless! We have to have the link feature back or it’s the end of the line for me with FireFox.

This just S U X X big time!!!

By: Frank R

Frank R — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:14:43 +0000

I cannot believe you have did away with the links feature!!!

That has become a very necessary feature that cannot be missed.

Have to downgrade now for sure!

Are they going to bring it back?

By: edwig

edwig — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:13:58 +0000

Thx for sharing! ….Also the two tab options to open or remove is gone from the ff download window! Crazy Mozilla!

By: popzzz

popzzz — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:24:02 +0000

We, us, (ff users) need/want the links tab/function back!

WHAT were you thinking???

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By: C Fox

C Fox — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:54:01 +0000

Here you go guys, this link helped me with this problem. I’m so glad I don’t have to go back to FF2 now. I’ve been searching everyday since I upgraded for a way to fix this problem!

http://mozilla.queze.net/#linksforms

http://mozilla.queze.net/dl/linksforms-1.0.xpi

By: J

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:40:27 +0000

I agree with David. I used the forms tab often. I was shocked to see it removed. This is a real problem for me. I may have to go back to Firefox 2

By: David

David — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:18:35 +0000

The links tab isn’t the only fumble committed here. The FORM info tab is also gone. It was one of the big advantages Firefox had over other browsers, and now it’s gone. This new Page Info window can hardly be regarded as a “nice improvement.” The developer-specific tools were tucked nicely out of the way for those who didn’t need them, but were still quickly accessible for those who do. A huge step backwards by Mozilla.

By: Moz

Moz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:00:24 +0000

I have to agree with Vi. The loss of the “Links” tab is a deal breaker for me. I’ll try to find a workaround, but if I can’t find anything, or if what I find is too much of a hassle, I won’t be able to continue using Firefox 3.

Very unfortunate. And very shortsighted.

By: Tuesday Weld

Tuesday Weld — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:37:31 +0000

No Links?
You Gotta Be Shitting Me.
Never Fails, Without Exception.

By: Sophi

Sophi — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:40:25 +0000

I have to agree with Vi on this!!
The LINKS tab was of immense value!! It was practically the only way I could see whether websites had links in them that were not supposed to be there!! Please reinstate the Links tab!!!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:49:24 +0000

As a developer, I hardly see how removing some of the most pertinent information about the page (the form data) is a “nice improvement”. At work, I use this feature at least once an hour for debugging. I recently installed Ubuntu 8 at home and was shocked to find that the accompanying Firefox 3 has removed this tab. The argument that it is to overwhelming for the “end user” does not fly. If the user doesn’t understand form fields, they probably won’t be opening the Page Info dialog anyway. At least I still have firebug.

By: Vi

Vi — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:25:19 +0000

With all due respect, removing the “Links” tab is not an improvement. This is a serious regression. Per-page permissions are nice but what does it that have to do with Page Info? Links are arguably the most important info on a page. I assume there already is a bug filed. I will surely keep pressing on putting Links back to Page Info. Really, think about it.

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