How do I make firefox focus on the left tab by default after closing a tab?

In all Firefox versions before 3, when closing a tab, focus automatically goes to the tab to the left of the viewed tab. This was consistent with the way Firefox opened tabs, which was to the right.
For example: I have 3 tabs, ABC.
I'm currently viewing tab B, and open a new tab using a link.
Now I have tabs ABDC, with focus on D. Once I'm finished looking at D, I close tab D and should be viewing B again. Current settings eject me to tab C, which is unrelated.
Is there a way to revert this behavior?

Try Tabberwocky: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/14439

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