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		phpnode on Aug 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things I didn’t know about the WebKit inspector very useful, but i really wish Chrome allowed you to replay a HTTP request from the network tab. I just want to right click on e.g a POST request, and send it off to the server again. Whenever i need to do this at the moment i have to switch to LiveHttpHeaders in firefox, which is a pain.

iron_ball on Aug 10, 2012 | [–]

Charles (www.charlesproxy.com) makes this kind of thing pretty easy. Well worth the money, in my book.

mgkimsal on Aug 10, 2012 | [–]

why not use firebug for that in firefox?

phpnode on Aug 10, 2012 | [–]

i use chrome as my default browser, it's just a pain to have to switch for this kind of thing.

mgkimsal on Aug 10, 2012 | | [–]

if you're switching to firefox for livehttpheaders, switch for firebug. ???

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