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== Plugin-watcher ==
Firefox sometimes gets a bad reputation for crashing or locking up when a plugin such as Adobe Flash or media player causes the problem. Add code to Firefox (or write an extension) so that when a plugin misbehaves, a dialog is presented informing the user so that they can take corrective action (disabling the plugin) or filing a bug with the right party (this warning could be similar to the warning that appears when a JS script in a web page hogs too much CPU time. As a minimum it should identify that a plugin is to blame; better would be to inform the user of the plugin's name; a best would be to provide a option to temporarily disable the plugin).
