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Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« on: July 06, 2008, 11:23:52 PM »
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4111

Powerful and user-friendly selector utility for selecting elements and doing various actions on them. It can be used for cleaning up a page prior to printing it (by removing and isolating elements), for making the page more readable, and (most appreciated by web developers), for analyzing the structure of a page.

To use Aardvark, just right-click on the page and select Start Aardvark from the popup menu. As you move the mouse over the page, you will see a red rectangle around the current block element, along with a label showing its type, and if they exist, its id, class, and style. You can then press various keys on the keyboard to do things, for instance W to navigate wider (as shown in the image), R to remove the element, I to isolate the element (that is, remove everything else on the page), V to view formatted source of that element, U to undo, Q to quit aardvark, and H for help, that is, a list of the 14 or so available keystrokes.

There is now an extremely powerful new command for Javascript developers, that generates DOM code by selecting an element on a web page (such as your html mockup). See the web site for documentation. Also on the web site is a bookmarklet version of Aardvark that works on those other browsers that we, unfortunately, need to make our sites work on as well.



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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2008, 09:16:35 AM »
I'll try it and post back.


I can't get it to work...

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2008, 03:26:53 PM »
Aardvark 2.96 does not work for me but Aardvark 2.9 does.  (Firefox 2)
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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2008, 05:01:18 PM »
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I can't get it to work...
You're with FF2, right?

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2008, 05:18:45 PM »
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I can't get it to work...
You're with FF2, right?
2.9 Works here.

Not bad.
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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2008, 07:25:28 PM »
Actually, the more I use it, the better I like it.

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2008, 07:38:57 PM »
Heh, it's entertaining.

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2008, 07:54:38 PM »
Tell me, I ever advised you something bad??

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2008, 07:57:54 PM »
Tell me, I ever advised you something bad??

Uhhh...

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2008, 07:58:22 PM »
This is Java script for your avatar:
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el("img", {height:"65", border:"0", width:"65", className:"avatar", src:"http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=4145;type=avatar"})


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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2008, 08:00:26 PM »
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el("img", {width:"65", height:"60", border:"0", className:"avatar", src:"http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p3858505.gif"})
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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2008, 08:09:06 PM »
I also downloaded the Remove It Permanently (R.I.P.) extension mentioned in the Aardvark help menu.  The combination is very useful.
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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2008, 08:10:59 PM »
Hey, you're taking a lot of space.
Just your whole header, or whatever it's called (that box where your name, and avatar is), takes almost a whole page of code:

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2008, 08:12:28 PM »
I also downloaded the Remove It Permanently (R.I.P.) extension mentioned in the Aardvark help menu.  The combination is very useful.
I've removed Google's Image at www.google.com.

How do I get it back?

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Re: Aardvark - Firefox add-on
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2008, 08:16:04 PM »
I think, it works only in one session. Refresh.