Waterfall generators for other browsers

The Waterfall chart generated by Firebug as introduced earlier in this chapter obviously only works with Firefox, because Firebug is a Firefox add-on. This is not convenient if Firefox is not your favorite browser, or if you want to see how other browsers load content. Here are a few free alternatives for other browsers.

Fiddler (browser-independent)

Fiddler is a proxy which logs all HTTP and HTTPS traffic between your browser and the Internet. It also allows you to change the incoming and outgoing data. Because it doesn't integrate with the browser itself as Firebug does, Fiddler works with any browser, including Internet Explorer.

Download at Fiddler from http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/.

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