418627 - Cannot switch tabs for unknown reasons.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[AJ Holly]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

I was switching back and forth using Tabs instead of opening new windows, when i couldn't switch back to the original page and the only way to get back was to close the WebPage already open to reveal the old page.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a Window.
2.Goto another website using the tabs feature.
3.Go back and forth until it no longer will let you continue.
Actual Results:  
No longer able to view the site using Tabs for that session.

Expected Results:  
Taken me to the Tab i wanted to go to.

Normal theme, unmodified. 

Factory Settings.

Comment 1

[Brandon Sterne (:bsterne)]

Removing security-sensitive flag.

Comment 2

[ddrtatsujin]

This would never have happened if they would have left the ability to cycle through tabs with the arrow button.

Comment 3

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Without more information about the web pages which were open during the test there is nothing we can do here. I even haven't seen this problem at all.

Reporter if it should still happen for you please start Firefox in Safe mode and try again. Reopen if you have sufficient informtion. Thanks.