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Newer versions of Mozilla (Iceweasel / Icedove) not working when X forwarding is used

On one of my machines (debian squeeze), I have just upgraded the standard version of Iceweasel provided with debian squeeze stable (3.5.16). I am now using the version available with the backports ...
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Prevent Iceweasel from allowing sites to override default shortcuts

For example, I use Ctrl-L to mark the URL field. On some sites, this is overridden to do something else. How do I make this never happen?
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youtube-dl stoped working (Debian)

I have been using youtube-dl to download videos from YouTube, but suddenly it stopped working: youtube-dl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wglrcytdE9Y&feature=related" [youtube] Setting language ...
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Debian Kde Iceweasel/Firefox: setting custom protocols handlers

I recently switched from Ubuntu 10.04 gnome to Debian wheezy Kde. Everythings work fine, except to the Iceweasel/firefox custom protocols! I added komodo.protocol in my ~/.kde/share/services with: ...
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Is there any advantage of using Iceweasel and Firefox?

I used Mozilla Firefox in Windows, and now I'm using Iceweasel in Debian 6. Is there any difference to the two programs? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each program? Which one seems ...
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How to install Aurora (Firefox) on Debian?

How to install the latest Firefox build (called Aurora) on Debian unstable? Are there any packages or repositories?
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Debian “sid”/Gnome: bash + browser cursor blink

I'm struggling to make the cursor in bash stop blinking. Also, the cursor in Iceweasel has started blinking again, but, for some reason, a lot slower than in bash :) I got those problems since I ...
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Why does Stackoverflow in Iceweasel cause high CPU usage for Xorg?

If I go to the front page of this site, and hit page down/page up repeatedly, it's pretty quick, and firefox-bin (iceweasel) uses maybe 50% CPU, Xorg uses maybe 40%. If I go to Stackoverflow's main ...
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Debian Iceweasel 4 problems running from command line [closed]

Followed this tutorial How to install Iceweasel 4 on Debian? in attempt to install iceweasel 4 on my debian 6 "Squeeze" machine. After installation it seems that I can only open the first instance of ...