Hi Ian, Tks for your advice. > You aren't using some obscure beta version of FireFox, are you? Firefox version 1.5.0.5 > Just make a new user, and go into a console: > > su newuser1337 > Password: > newuser1137 at UbuntuComp# firefox > > That will prevent you from having to log out of your current desktop. What is 1337? Others noted with tks. B.R. SL