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[Firefox][How To] Disable "Work Offline" mode in Firefox

Many including myself find it rather annoying when Firefox decides to "Work Offline" without telling you whenever you lose connectivity. This is how to stop it! (Pretty pictures included)

Note: This works for Firefox 3.6 and above.


Steps

In your search bar type about:config and except the warning.

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Right click anywhere and select New > Boolean

New boolean value
Enter the preference name
network.manage-offline-status

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and set it to false.

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Job done.

Note: This works in Windows and Linux.