Tests time out due to Browser in background

[John]

Hi,

I realize this isn't a flex-pilot issue per se: tests hang when the firefox browser is not in the foreground. I've seen a few mentions that Flash (at least in Firefox) doesn't load the SWF until the browser window is in focus. I thought flex-pilot folks would have experience with this and would have a more robust workaround than trying to avoid allowing anything to take focus away from the browser window at least until Flash loads the SWF. 

Thanks!
John
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