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I have a laptop configured as a trade show demo that uses html & cgi files copied from a live web site along with the accompanying mysql data copied to a local mysql instance and a few host entries changing public resolving host names to point to localhost. This all worked well until I upgraded to Firefox 3 (laptop runs Fedora 10) and then the “Work Offline” issue started. By default, if Firefox does not detect an active network link, it forces the browser into “Work Offline” mode. It’s easy to work around, you simply uncheck a setting in the File menu (File => Work Offline.) But, this is ugly if you launch Firefox in front of clients who want to see the demo as the page Firefox displays looks very similar to an error. I found a fantastic solution from someone at Yellosoft.us that had the same problem. You can install their “Always Online” plugin which prevents Firefox from entering offline mode (who uses offline mode anyway?). I hope this helps someone and props to those who authored this plugin at Yellosoft.us.