Over the years IE 6 has played a major role in the world of web development. Regardless of you personal stance, be that outright hatred or tolerance, you’ve likely put up with IE 6 even if you were kicking and screaming along the way.
Towards the end of 2003 IE 6 held a little over 70% of the web browser market and has been plaguing web developers ever since. It’s been a long road, but all signs point to the near extinction of this once dominant browser.
At the start of 2009 IE 6 was being used by over 18.5% of the web world and in just one year lost another 8.3% of its market share weighing in with only 10.2% of the market to start 2010 - now just 2 months later 8.9%.
Firebug is a Firefox add-on that extends the browser with some very helpful web development tools. I think the tag line on their website says it best “You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page”.
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