A most annoying bug in Firefox 3.5, and how to fix it

**wayfarer07** · 09:41 AM

Like most web developers , I recently installed FF 3.5. To my great discomfort, I soon learned that the browser has a new feature (bug) that allows you to "tear away" a tab to form a new window. Although this does make sense in principal, I have found that it is entirely too easy to do this by accident, which has caused me endless frustration and yelling at the computer.

I have been rather upset that Firefox doesn't allow this feature to be disabled. Fortunately, I'm not the only one who noticed this, and some kind soul made a plugin which allows just this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12276 (the plugin has a fitting name, bug489729)... lol... hopefully it will be patched soon.

**Earnest** · 09-02-2009, 09:45 AM

Interesting. Sure the best thing about Firefox is its addon power. Also, there are a number of features that offer some interesting functionality: for instance, I've recently found out that it is possible to open a fresh tab out of the address bar of an old one without closing the old one - good to know, but I'm not sure I would find any reasons to use it.

**not_67** · 09-03-2009, 12:03 PM

You said you are a web developer...maybe that's why you use firefox...you can have your own reasons...but have you tried opera browser? What do you think about it?

**~ServerPoint~** · 09-04-2009, 05:22 AM

I have updated to the 3.5 as well. No problems so far. But I'm sure with the next updates all bugs will be fixed

**homeloans** · 09-05-2009, 08:09 AM

I am also using firefox 3.5. There is no problem with my firefox. It is working very nice. I really like this version of firefox.

**chrishirst** · 09-05-2009, 08:54 AM

just for those that DIDN'T actually READ the original post. but just reply "because"!!!

It is NOT a "bug" that affects the general use of FF3.5. It is a design feature that can be activated/triggered by an inadvertant mouse action.

**fresh-d** · 04:29 AM

I think that feature is pretty great.

How do you manage to move the tabs to a new window accidentally so often that it annoys you?

**goandcheck** · 09-07-2009, 08:32 AM

I'm having some problems with FireFox, it slows down and sometimes freezes for dew seconds... I don't know what the problem is... I don't have many extensions installed, but have stored to many accounts ( logins )... any idea?

**wayfarer07** · 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fresh-d

I think that feature is pretty great.
How do you manage to move the tabs to a new window accidentally so often that it annoys you?

It's just the manner in which I use the browser. I keep a very large amount of tabs open at one time, and move between them very quickly. Something about the way FF calculates when a drag has occurred is a bit off, because just the act of moving between the tabs very quickly, as I do, can cause a tab to suddenly tear away unpredictably.

**LennieB** · 09-13-2009, 04:40 PM

Firefox plugins never appear so I stopped using it altogether.

**spinerz** · 09-14-2009, 12:02 AM

I like the version of firefox 3.5, I didn't get any trouble about this site. But sometimes we need to be careful on what we clicking even though we say it just an accidentally clicking.

**scarcius121** · 09-16-2009, 03:42 PM

Thanks for showing me that. That "feature" has been making me so mad and I honestly thought it had something to do with my computer (my laptop has been acting up recently). Now, if I could get FF to quit closing tabs on its own, I'll be great!

**silverf0x** · 09-21-2009, 04:47 PM

that right, it's so easy the tab teared away, and open in new windows accidentally. It will cause CPU more busy than before. I will review the add-on, if it's good, I will install it. Thanks bro