Restartless Restart

This add-on adds a menu option for restarting Firefox. Useful if you make a change in the config that requires a restart but want to keep all the tabs that are currently open.

Closing the windows manually would not keep the tabs the next time you open the browser.

This should be a standard option, in my opinion. Especially with the browsers that require restart for changes to take effect.

Restartless Restart :: Add-ons for Firefox

Java (Applets) in Fedora 18

After some applets wouldn't run in either Chrome or Firefox on my Fedora 18 system, it was time for some investigation.
First I tried installing Oracle Java as some applets might be requiring it explicitely.

Oracle Java

Download Java from here. Follow the instructions for installing, from here.
Then, open "about:plugins" in your browser and check if the Java plugin is displayed there.

Verify Java installation here. Test applet support here or on JavaTester.
Remove old versions, as specified here.

While I first installed 32-bit version of Java, as suggested on Oracle's site, this is not correct. The proper version to install, even for applet support, is 64-bit, if on 64-bit system. After installing 64-bit version and setting it to be the active one, using 'alternatives', applets worked in both browsers!