Those of you using Mozilla Firefox under Linux have probably noted a few glitches. Imagine you launch a new Firefox instance and surf through your blog roll comprising about 40 or so blogs. Suddenly you get a phone call from a coworker that needs some advice with a web application project you’ve both been working on for an important client for quite some time now. To get yourself an impression of the problem you click on the Firefox button in your window manager’s panel to fire up another Firefox window because you’re living to saying of not mixing up private stuff and work. Now you’ll get yourself a wonderful “Choose a profile, please … Sorry the selected profile is already in use” experience.
Another common problem is when websites use the mailto protocol. On most Linux systems, this protocol is not recongnized without further ado. So the links simply don’t work.
This sort of glitches that bugged you for years (O.K. for a month only, but I like to exaggerate) are adressed by the Waikato Linux Users Group Wiki’s Mozilla Firefox Notes. The tips provided are short and nothing special, they are simply good tips. Thanks guys, well done! For those of you who are curious: Waikato is a province in New Zealand.
In case you’ve got any important tips for Mozilla Firefox users on Linux, may I suggest that you add them over there?
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