I installed an extension once (on Win32) that caused the firefox.exe executable to hand every time I closed the last browser window. As a result, Starting a new copy of Firefox seemed to have absolutely no effect.
Moral: Try running Firefox in Safe Mode before you conclude something's wrong with the browser itself.
If someone really loved their job, whatever it is, they might very well spend their "wasted" time looking at something that interests them, and is quite relevant to their job. They could then put this newly-gained knowledge to use, and increase their productivity and value to the company for which they work.
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Moral: Try running Firefox in Safe Mode before you conclude something's wrong with the browser itself.
If someone really loved their job, whatever it is, they might very well spend their "wasted" time looking at something that interests them, and is quite relevant to their job. They could then put this newly-gained knowledge to use, and increase their productivity and value to the company for which they work.