Firefox extension to watch: Firecookie
For those of you who haven’t seen this in the news lately, there is a new kid in web-development-tools town. A new extension for Firebug called Firecookie that allows you to Create, Read, Update, and Delete your stored cookies for the site you are viewing. I know there are other tools out there but even at version 0.0.4 I think that this one is one to watch.
Features
Firecookie adds a new tab to Firebug with a list of cookies for the current site. You can go to Tools > Show All Cookies… for a window allowing you to search all of your cookies and view their values. Right-click on a cookie and select Edit Cookie to get a dialog to edit the cookie. You can log all cookie changes to the console by turning on Options > Show logs in console. Finally, you can copy and paste cookies by right-clicking as well.
Other things I’d like to see in this extension
There are a couple bits I think would improve the UX of this extension:
- The Show All Cookies… dialog should allow you to edit cookies
- Cookie names should become links on mouseover and the cursor should change to a pointer. It would just be a nice visual aid for the user
- Console entries for cookies should also link to their respective cookies in the Cookie tab
Conclusion
I am excited about what the future holds for this extension. I hope that this opens the door for more Firebug extensions. Go get Firecookie and try it out!
You also might be interested in 10 things you didn’t know about Firebug.
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I’ve been looking for something like firecookie. I will have to give it a try.
Sorry to get off topic, but that new tag cloud in the header is really cool!
Thanks Casey I’m glad you like it. I’ve already used firecookie to debug some stuff at work already! I never realized how useful something like this might be.