FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java version 1.6.0_11 build 1.6.0_11-b03

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1.2600

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When using legacy_lifecycle=true in IE7, when a page with an applet is loaded the first time It calls init() then start(). If you leave the page stop(). If you come back to the applet's page it calls start(), if you leave stop()... until you close the browser It calls destroy(), as expected.

But In firefox 3.0.5 allways calls destroy() when you leave the page.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.