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Firefox 4 (4.0) and QuickRestart Add-On Alternative (Restartless Restart)

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ewemoa:
Had been using the QuickRestart Firefox add-on:

  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/quickrestart/

but it doesn't seem to be working currently for Firefox 4.0.

Just installed and tested (at least it worked once...) an alternative add-on Restartless Restart:

  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restartless-restart/

Copy-pasted description:

This very tiny (7KB) add-on will add a "Restart" menu item to the "File" menu, and a ctrl/cmd + alt + r hotkey to Firefox or Seamonkey which will restart the program. It can also be installed/uninstalled/enabled/disabled all without requiring a restart, hence the name "Restartless Restart".

Restartless Restart is similar to the QuickRestart add-on except it doesn't work on FF < 4, it does work on FF 4, it's restartless, it's 7KB instead of 34KB, it works for Seamonkey, it doesn't have a toolbar button, and it's not localized.

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sighingToo bad it appears that we still have to restart FF for add-on installation...

lanux128:
hi there ewemoa, i've been caught up in addons blues too. :) i was using QuickRestart as well but found this add-on as the substitute: Restart Firefox 0.5


• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restart-firefox-10749/

lanux128:
sighingToo bad it appears that we still have to restart FF for add-on installation...

-ewemoa (March 27, 2011, 06:04 PM)
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i assume you have heard of "restartless add-ons" from the Mozilla blog. here are some addons that is said to be compliant with this feature.

• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/jetpack

ewemoa:
Hi lanux128 :)

Thanks for both tips  :Thmbsup:

I hadn't heard of the "restartless add-ons".  Looking forward to more add-ons going in that direction!

Curt:
Can I somehow install & test Firefox 4 without overwriting version 3?

 :tellme:

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