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And that is exactly the point - it feels like we are finally waking up to what the web can really do that traditional media cannot. I'm sure in a few years having the content reflow will be something users expect of every website (not that it is something people do all the time - see the comment that guywithabike made).
As well as a browser add-on (don't Google already have something similar to this?), I think it is more than likely that we'll see +1 buttons on web pages themselves (similar to Twitter tweet and Facebook like buttons), although obviously not every page will have this.
I know, but CSS editing is easier with Firebug.
> My DOM inspector does seem to do that as well, though it doesn't highlight the altered subtrees the way Firebug does.
Not nearly the in same way a Firebug does it, I find it very useful for the amount of DOM manipulation I do with JS.
> Has been in for a long time, though it could be missing some bells and whistles.
Again it's the "bells and whistles" that really make the difference for me some of the time. The less time it takes me to debug something, the better.
That said, I still use Chrome inspector on a daily basis, there's no fanboyism from my part.
Feature-wise, very little. But as I said - I do find I can work faster with Firebug - I much prefer the the DOM inspector (one click node editing, css editing, the fact that it live updates the DOM as it is changed via any JS running on the page) and the console (DOM/JS object inspection and having XHR logging in the console itself and not on another tab). Plugins such as FireQuery also make a difference for my needs.
It'll be interesting to see what happens to development tools when Firebug goes cross-browser.