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why does firefox open two windows when starting from a link

bgilats
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how do I prevent firefox from opening two windows when opening from a link ?

how do I prevent firefox from opening two windows when opening from a link ?

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HenricuzHotmail
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Two windows

bgilats zei
how do I prevent firefox from opening two windows when opening from a link ?

Two windows, hmm is it a popup window appearing, really sounds like a popup window

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bgilats said
how do I prevent firefox from opening two windows when opening from a link ?

Hi, is it a link in a web page, or a link from outside of Firefox, such as a link in a different app?

bgilats
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its a link in mail. its not a pop up window

cor-el
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See this bug report.

  • 1600153 - macOS 10.15 Catalina - two firefox windows are opened when clicking on external link

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)

HenricuzHotmail
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bgilats zei

its a link in mail. its not a pop up window

Maybe find a way around the problem

Modified by HenricuzHotmail

alicia.crain
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i don't understand why Mozilla is not fixing this, but users are forced to try all sorts of workarounds, despite this problem having been reported for YEARS. WTF...fix it!!!

i refreshed firefox, that didn't work. requiring that i try to adjust all sorts of settings i don't understand just to get some basic functionality is ridiculous.