Why does Firefox 4 and 5 not ask anymore, it should safe all open tabs before quitting the program as it did in the 3.x versions?

Is there a way to make Firefox 5 ask when quitting the program weather it should safe all open tabs for the next time. In versions 3.x it always asked and reopened the same tabs on next program start.
I could not find the preference to get this very useful feature back or did the programmers take it out of the new versions?

See item #31 (#tabslost) in the following
-- you can turn option on at end and then tabs will be restored whether you do or don't or don't restore tabs at end you still have the same chance through the History menu. to restore your previous session and then to restore previous windows
You can make Firefox 4.0.1 and '''Firefox 5.0''' look like Firefox 3.6.17, see numbered items 1-10 in the following topic [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 4.0 look like 3.6)]

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why does my video and sounds not play at the same time when watching movies

Welcome to the unity.
Upon which device are you watching your movies and are you using a home theatre system for your audio.

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I agree with mrpoizun. I liked everything about Firefox before 4.
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I request that "Save & Quit" be restored!
Hm. Wonder if there is anything in my browsing habbits that requires FF4? If not, then I'll just try to find an earlier installation file.

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Hello! I'm working on an ActionScript 3 movie clip in Adobe Flash. In the interactive movie I want the user to create a snowman with the parts on the left side. (Picture below.)
On the right side I have the snowman slightly visible, so the user knows where to put the parts. Most of it seems to work... but after I put on the body, hat, and arms the other pieces don't work; like the eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Why does it not work? Can someone help me?
This is how it should look at the end, when the user complets it.
I think I coded this correctly. But I'm not sure. Please take a look at my code and see what the problem is. Thanks!!!
var startX:Number;
var startY:Number;
var counter:Number = 0;
SNOWMAN1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
SNOWMAN1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
SNOWMAN2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
SNOWMAN2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
SNOWMAN3_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
SNOWMAN3_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
LEFTARM_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
LEFTARM_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
HAT_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
HAT_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
RIGHTARM_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
RIGHTARM_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
SCARF_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
SCARF_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
EYES_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
EYES_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
MOUTH_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
MOUTH_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
CARROT_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
CARROT_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
COLE1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
COLE1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
COLE2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
COLE2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
COLE3_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
COLE3_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.startDrag(true);
MYTEXTBOX.text = "";
event.target.parent.addChild(event.target);
startX = event.target.x;
startY = event.target.y;
function dropIt(event:MouseEvent):void {
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MYTEXTBOX.text = "Good Job!";
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event.target.y = myTarget.y;
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event.target.y = startY;
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Below is a more efficient code. I am not sure about chasing parents you do in the code (always bad idea) so this code may be buggy:
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var startY:Number;
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