Wow - I got lost on line one of MarkBach's post!
I don't have Firefox. Heck, I didn't know I had Java. I just use AOL. Anyone figure I'm out not techsavvy yet? LOL
BTW - re: leaving Java window open - I don't think I close anything. I just log in & get taken to chat. Then the only other thing I do at times is go to FT & read threads but then when I read chat & there's a link I can't click on it.
Not as detailed as Mark's post, but hope this helps...