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* There used to be a nifty extension that would crash Firefox on demand. I can't seem to locate it anymore, link anyone? I think Ted owned it... | * There used to be a nifty extension that would crash Firefox on demand. I can't seem to locate it anymore, link anyone? I think Ted owned it... | ||
* You can also open up a terminal window in Linux and mac and run the following commands: | * You can also open up a terminal window in Linux and mac and run the following commands: | ||
# ps -A |grep firefox --> displays a list of process ID numbers that correspond to the running instance of Firefox. | *# ps -A |grep firefox --> displays a list of process ID numbers that correspond to the running instance of Firefox. | ||
# kill -9 <pid> --> give it the number for the Firefox instance you want to kill. | *# kill -9 <pid> --> give it the number for the Firefox instance you want to kill. | ||
* On OS X, you can use Activity Monitor to do a "Force Quit" on the browser. | * On OS X, you can use Activity Monitor to do a "Force Quit" on the browser. | ||
* You can use the Task Manager in Windows to "End Process" the firefox.exe process. | * You can use the Task Manager in Windows to "End Process" the firefox.exe process. | ||