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Re:Firefox Dev Tools: Box model highlighter, Web Console imp... by joesb on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @07:27PM (#7470095)
Because you don't want to disable caching of every other sites when you are not wearing your developer hat, just a "regular user surfing internet" hat.
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Re:Firefox Dev Tools: Box model highlighter, Web Console imp... by extra88 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @12:30AM (#7471604)
Sounds like a case for using separate Firefox profiles, one for each "hat."
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Re:Firefox Dev Tools: Box model highlighter, Web Console imp... by joesb on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @04:16PM (#7476281)
Why do that when I can just press "F12"?
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Re:Firefox Dev Tools: Box model highlighter, Web Console imp... by Touche on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @08:18AM (#7472860)
That's not how it works. It only disables the tab you are working in.
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Re:Firefox Dev Tools: Box model highlighter, Web Console imp... by jordanlev on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @12:01PM (#7474300)
This is exactly the point -- when you're developing a site, you want caching disabled on that site, but then when you're browsing another site just as a regular surfer you do not want caching disabled. Since generally when you're working on a site, you have DevTools opened, and generally when you're just browsing the web you do not have DevTools open, this is very nice.
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Re:Firefox Dev Tools: Box model highlighter, Web Console imp... by Touche on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @03:27PM (#7475835)
I disagree with this:

> when you're developing a site, you want caching disabled on that site

I don't know why you say that. I only want caching disabled if I'm debugging something I think might be caused by caching.

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