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I wrote a fairly basic but handy JavaScript Object Inspector and Logger that works across different browsers. I call it “NitobiBug“.

Read all about it’s features here. I did a video tour also, which you can see here (turn down your volume – its loud!).

Check out the live demo here.

Essentially, what it does is provide a logging utility like Firebug’s console.log that properly inspects objects and shows you it’s members. If you log errors it formats them nicely too. If you inspect DOM elements with it, it attempts to show you where on the page they are and calculate their widths and heights and positions on the page. You can resize and drag NitobiBug around the page, and it tries to remember where you put it.

I use it all the time while I’m working on RobotReplay so I figured maybe other people would too. It’s certainly not the only such tool out there but I think it’s decent. Anyway, your comments are welcome!