Lets start with a screenshot.
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5359/clipboard011g.jpg
As you can see, FireFox is open but there is no icon visible in the superbar. It disappears like 20 times a day but I'm unable to find a way to reproduce it. However, it reappears as soon as I click on it. But sometimes (maybe if the icon disappears while mimized) I can only bring it back with Alt+Tab.
Sometimes the Icon disappears and immediately reopens. Maybe even a split second before the first icon disappeared as the new icon slides to the left first, as if you just closed something. (I really hope you can at least guess what I mean)
I guess it has something to do with Windows 7. I know, not released thus not supported and so on. But I'm 100% sure that the problem will still exists in the final version (which they compiled a few days ago by the way).
It happens on both of my PCs and with all Windows 7 Builds I used. Even with a completely clean FireFox with no Extensions.
However, I can't say if it happens with a local installation of FireFox or with a different OS.
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It's not a Firefox Portable issue, it's an issue with Firefox itself; approach Mozilla about it. I've had it happen, but it's a very minor issue in my opinion.
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“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” – Proverbs 15:1
I've had this happen as well, on XP, Vista, and 7, but always with the portable version. I have never had this happen even once using a normal desktop installation in all of the years I've used Firefox. Of course, I can't imagine how it could be the fault of the launcher, so maybe it's something to do with all of the disk I/O over USB or something?
Quamquam omniam nescio, nec nihil scio.
With me it only ever happened when Firefox became unresponsive, due to continual reads and writes to the drive. That's not really an issue on a hard disk, so it doesn't happen.
I am a Christian and a developer and moderator here.
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” – Proverbs 15:1