Why won't Firefox recognize application keyboard shortcuts created in Mac OS X System Preferences?

Why won't Firefox recognize application keyboard shortcuts created in Mac OS X System Preferences?
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Hmm. I haven’t tried keyboard shortcuts but multiclutch is great for gestures (although firefox now natively supports them. PS there’s an update for firefox.
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