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Open a Tab in Firefox on macOS with AppleScript
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# To run: | |
# osascript firefox-open-tab.applescript http://technosophos.com | |
# | |
# References: | |
# https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1130718 | |
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3645763/how-do-i-instruct-applescript-to-open-a-new-firefox-window-with-a-link | |
on firefoxRunning() | |
tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains "firefox" | |
end firefoxRunning | |
on run argv | |
if (firefoxRunning() = false) then | |
do shell script "open -a Firefox " & (item 1 of argv) | |
else | |
tell application "Firefox" | |
activate | |
open location item 1 of argv | |
end tell | |
end if | |
end run |
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I tried to minify it, but still very slow: