The icon of the wonderful plugin Firebug recently moved from its familiar location at the bottom right corner of Firefox. This was due to a UI change in the status bar of Firebox from version 4 onwards. The Firebug blog does a good explanation of why this was necessary.
What I did to fix however was to type about:config in my Firefox address bar.
I accepted the “I’ll be careful, promise!” warning.
To narrow down the (many) configuration options I applied a filter “firebug.show”
Finally I changed “extensions.firebug.showStatusIcon” to true.
29/01/2012 From the number of pageviews this post receives I see this is common problem. I hope it helps people solve the issue.
Thanks! I knew the status bar was changed, but didn’t make the jump to looking in about:config.
I mostly write blog entries for my own benefit and future reference, but I’m always glad if I can help just one other person solve a problem I’ve experienced. Thanks for taking the time to comment Russ.
Also a great article from Six Revisions on using Firebug: http://sixrevisions.com/tools/firebug-guide-web-designers/
Sitepoint has a write up on Firebug 1.9 available here: http://www.sitepoint.com/firebug-19-new-features/
Oh my goodness what a great post. Thanks!