Bluetooth and firefox

[leftyfb]

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Firefox doesn't mess with networking. It only detects if networking is
available and puts itself into offline mode based on that.

John Abreau wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:59 PM, leftyfb <leftyfb at left-click.org> wrote:
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>> Firefox had an issue where it wouldn't detect connections which weren't
>> wired or wireless. I had the same issue with my EVDO adapter when
>> dialing up via PPP. I thought this was fixed with the latest Firefox.
>> Either way, the workaround is to go to File -> uncheck "work offline".
>>
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> 
> Ewwww. Why in the world is Firefox mucking about with networking
> like that? It's the OS's job to provide that functionality.
> 
> 
> 

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