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Firefox - Now need two clicks to get link up?
#52487 09/20/19 05:48 PM
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think this dovetails with upgrading to Mojave but who knows.... big annoyance.

In Mail, mostly, but I think other places. I used to click a link and the browser would open up on the page in one shot.

How it takes two clicks. The first click just shows the blank homepage ( set to Google); then I have to go back and click again, and then the page comes up. Thanks

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Re: Firefox - Now need two clicks to get link up?
kevs #52489 09/20/19 05:53 PM
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I do not have the same problem in Mail with Mojave. What are your browser Preferences for opening new windows?


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Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
Re: Firefox - Now need two clicks to get link up?
Ira L #52492 09/20/19 06:25 PM
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Thanks Ira, not just Mail, its' links on desktop, links I click from Drag Thing, super nuisance. Firefox is default browser for 10 years. No energy to change it. But the problem seemed to vanished on a 4 days test defaulting to Safari. I've posted on FF site, no one has a clue. Not many are with Mac over there.

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kevs #52501 09/21/19 03:39 AM
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I've noticed that too, for quite a while.

It seems to happen after I quit FF (either intentionally or by hitting cmd-q when I meant to hit cmd-w). The first link click launches FF and brings up the blank page and only the second time does it launch the intended site.

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David #52502 09/21/19 03:58 AM
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David, thanks, you are the first person other than myself to notice this. Super Super annoying nuisance.thanks.

But the HECk is this....?


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