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Firefox always update itself will new technologies no it comes with Tilt Firefox in 3D view any website. Tilt is useful when searching problems in the HTML structure (like finding unclosed DIV elements for example) by providing the extra third dimension, layering each node based on nesting in the DOM tree. Stacks of elements visually represent branches in the DOM, and each node can be inspected for the inner HTML contents, its computed CSS style and the attributes.
Based on WebGL
The visualization is drawn using WebGL, for dynamic, fast, in-browser rendering. At initialization, Tilt creates individual 3D objects (structures describing how the webpage geometry looks like) using the DOM, with the BODY as the lowest layer and the base of the document upon which descendant nodes are layered. For each successive level, another platform is built, adding depth to the 3D webpage mesh. For example, stacks are built from DIVs, ULs, or any containing node with children.
Controls
Controlling the visualization is achieved using a virtual trackball (arcball), which rotates around the X and Y axes. Other mouse events exist to control yaw, pitch, roll, pan, zoom, as well as various additional keyboard shortcuts. The controller is not tied to these peripherals only however, making it accessible and easily scalable for other input methods or devices. Double clicking a node brings up the Ace Cloud9 IDE editor, showing more useful information about the node and the inner HTML.
Future
More features are soon to be added, some of which include: modifying and updating the 3D webpage mesh on the fly (as the webpage changes, exposing CSS transforms for each node, plus customizing stack spacing, thickness, transparency etc.), rendering elements with absolute position or floats differently (e.g., hovering above the webpage based on their z-index), creating a more developer-friendly environment and better integration with the Ace editor and the Firefox Developer Tools. (highlighting the currently selected node, instant 3D preview), exporting the visualization to other browsers or applications (as a 3D object file, probably .obj and/or COLLADA).
Available as an addon
The latest version of Tilt can be found on Github, but you can also download Tilt as an addon from addons.mozilla.org.
For compatibility, Tilt requires WebGL capabilities. Go to get.webgl.org to check availability and troubleshoot any issues. The current version works with Firefox 6.0 to latest 10.0 Nightly releases(latest Nightly builds now also support WebGL anti-aliasing, working great with Tilt).
To start Tilt, hit Control+Shift+M (or Command+Shift+M if you’re on Mac OS), or go to Web Developer -> Tilt, available in the Firefox application menu (or the Tools menu on Mac OS). You can modify this hotkey (and other properties) from the Options menu after starting Tilt.
More information about Tilt, the development process and milestone updates can be found onblog.mozilla.org/tilt.
Problem Like “Could not initialize Tilt”
type about:config into the address bar, search for “webgl”, and double-click “webgl.enabled” to set it to true and also update all graphics drivers
