Now, since my last post about the Firefox Preloader, I’ve gotten a few comments about it.  I wonder if anyone knows how to replace the Preloader with MinimizeToTray.  If not, I thought I might enlighten people who don’t know.  Now for the record I am currently using the Preloader since MinimizeToTray is not compatible with Fx 3b5 yet, but for you people still using Fx 2, here is how MinimizeToTray can replace the Preloader.

First create a copy of the Firefox shortcut from it’s program group to your Startup folder.  Now add the -turbo option to the command-line.  This will start Firefox without showing any Windows.  This does exactly what the Preloader does.  It also will all allow Firefox to shutdown completely and restart correctly when using the update system.

Now since people do still want to use the Preloader, I will look into updating it with fixes for the automated update system.  For the moment though, I am going to be working on the Glasser extension until Firefox 3 is finally released.