Disabling Firebug For Gmail

Why would you need to? Because Firebug can potentially make Gmail load really slow. It’s irritating when you have to wait an extra amount of time for your email to load especially if you are waiting for an important email. You’d get this after you’re inside the email dashboard:

There’s a workaround, fortunately (from the Gmail help center):

Windows or Linux Users

To disable Firebug:

1. Open the Firebug pane in your Gmail tab by clicking the Firebug icon.
2. Click the down arrow next to the Net tab, and select Disable monitor for mail.google.com
3. Repeat Step 2 on the Console and Script tabs.

If you’d like to keep Firebug running, you may improve Gmail performance by following these steps:

1. Click the green or red icon in the bottom right corner of the browser window to open Firebug.
2. Click the Console tab.
3. Select Options.
4. Uncheck Show XMLHttpRequests.
5. Click the Net tab.
6. Select Options.
7. Check Disable Network Monitoring.

Mac Users

To disable Firebug:

1. Click the green or red icon in the bottom right corner of the browser window to open Firebug.
2. Click the bug icon in the top left corner of Firebug and select ‘Disable Firebug for mail.google.com.’

If disabling Firebug for Gmail doesn’t improve performance results, you may have to entirely disable Firebug.

The above is simply no can do for someone who designs blogs for a living. I have tried disabling Firebug for only Gmail and it seems to work on my end. I hope it does for you, too.