Safari 6 team does not love web inspector

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StallionV Author

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Safari 6 team does not love web inspector

I am deeply disappointed with the new web inspector for Safari 6 on Mountain Lion.

The previous version was simpler to use an understand, the new one is too cumbersome and complex

Am not able to find feature like

- See that data that was posted on a request. It only seems to show the query parameters, but not the post data

- How can you clear console,

- How can you clear previously captures request in timeline

- You need to record to see requests

- You need to double click on request to see details, as opposed to tabed view in previous inspector whihc made locating information much

more simpler.

There may be many more bugs in web inspector, that I have yet to explore.

The previous version had options layed out very nicely across the screen, this one is just to complex.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion, Safari 6 web inspector

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 3:10 PM

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gaijin5

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Jul 27, 2012 5:20 AM in response to StallionV

Hi StallionV,

I agree with you. If you haven't, I would encourage you to submit feedback at http://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html and, if you are a developer, file a bug report a bugreport.apple.com. Maybe if enough of us complain, Apple will listen.

I just read Apple's blurb: "And in Safari 6, the Web Inspector has a streamlined new design that speeds up common development tasks." Ha! No it doesn't! It make viewing a request harder! And you can't see POST data.

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StallionV Author

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Jul 27, 2012 9:50 AM in response to gaijin5

I had already left the feedback.

What component did you file your bug under?

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gaijin5

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Jul 27, 2012 9:55 AM in response to StallionV

Component? https://bugreport.apple.com/ just gave me an option of Product: and I selected Safari. I didn't see a component option.

Is there another place to report bugs?

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Answer 4

Jul 27, 2012 9:57 AM in response to StallionV

Is there even a way to view network requests with this new inspector?

And why the **** cant they get "Open Image in New Window" to work. Its been broken since like safari 4.

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gaijin5

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Jul 27, 2012 10:05 AM in response to smoothoperatah

smoothoperatah,

You can, you have to Start Timeline Recording. Or click on the stopwatch icon in the left panel. This brings up the timeline that tracks all the activity. There is a Network Requests item that shows all the calls.

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StallionV Author

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Jul 27, 2012 10:10 AM in response to gaijin5

nah I fured it out, reported the bug as well.

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Answer 7

Aug 6, 2012 11:27 AM in response to StallionV

You can clear the timeline by double clicking on the record button (disable, re-enable).

You can clear the console with command-k as in terminal.

Not the most intuitive, but possible.

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StallionV Author

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Aug 6, 2012 11:30 AM in response to MichaelLatta

Thanks, figured that out a few days back.

But the most needed thing is a way to check post data, which I still donot have an answer for.

The only way for now is to change the way the data is posted to 'GET' and see it in the parameters list, that as well only shows limitede stuff.

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prbv

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Sep 12, 2012 9:28 PM in response to StallionV

I found a way to get the POST data,.. upgrade to Firefox or Chrome! ;P

This is it for me... Time to switch software. I've had enough of Apple destroying great software. Remember what they did to the old iMovie? Now they released it as the new Final Cut Pro X! LOL! Laughable! Might even go back to the PC if this keeps going the way it has been for the past 5 years!

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StallionV Author

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Sep 17, 2012 12:43 PM in response to prbv

Guys if you want to see post data in safari 6 which is not possible right now, install the firebug lite extension and there you go you have the post data.

I used it and it works great with safari 6

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organech

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Sep 25, 2012 11:59 AM in response to StallionV

I'm fine with the new Web Inspector other than:

• Inability to see POST data

- This makes AJAX calls to webservices almost impossible to debug.

• Element Inspection does not expose CSS

These two missing features make the We Inspector unvaluable. HUGE miss Safari 6 team.

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Answer 12

Sep 25, 2012 12:06 PM in response to StallionV

Not only that but we do not get the json inspector any longer either. In safari 5 the ability to view json results as a tree was very useful.

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StallionV Author

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Sep 25, 2012 12:08 PM in response to StallionV

FireBug lite extension for Safari 6 should resolve your JSON and POST data problem

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Sep 25, 2012 9:49 PM in response to StallionV

Using Firefox or chrome also solve the problem. The issue is that these were in safari 5 and the ui *****. It is harder to use and lacks features in the prior version.

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