On Sat, May 4, 2019, 3:37 PM Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
to do it, i have to start ffox.  and 100 tabs will open and
javascript will flood in.

Disconnect from the network, start Firefox while offline, then KILL IT WITH FIRE^W SIGKILL.

After that, Firefox will start with a "Restore tabs" page which doesn't activate tabs automatically.

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