Run Firefox in headless mode, for automated testing. Ideally other concurrent instances will operate normally for other tasks.

I'm currently writing a Selenium 2 (Ruby) automated testing suite.
I would like to be able to pass something that invokes an instance of firefox in headless mode.
This would allow me to run automated tests whilst carrying on with manual tasks on another, standard set-up instance of Firefox.
If this is possible, that would be fantastic.

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*http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=25
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Troubleshooting
*http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-113-crash-mozilla.html
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
*https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/
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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Menu+bar+is+missing

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'''[https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ Flash Player Test Page]'''
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'''https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337'''
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