We selected PMP for the possibility to be able to launch other programs and for the password security/reports. We use for example VNC, RDPPlus, and Putty to connect to our machines. 

But this does not seem to be possible any-more with Firefox and also Internet Explorer is beginning to show weird behaviour. 

The embedded Java engine is not an option for us since it is slow (it lags) and the SSH connection does not allow us to run gvim that we use to edit files on Linux machines. I have read that the option has been removed for Firefox, but it still shows it as an option in the FAQ and to be honest, we need that function and use that function allot. Way more then the embedded slow Java options.

So that brings me to the problem, how can we make it so that Firefox and Internet Explorer can launch our external/locally installed programs again because this functionality is a must have.