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Open a Tab in Firefox on macOS with AppleScript
# 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:

on run
	tell application "Firefox"
		activate
		tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using command down
	end tell
end run

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