507468 - If I check my hotmail account and open the inbox or an e-mail a new tab opens.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Birthe Bjerremand]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

When I check my hotmail account and open the inbox or a message a new tab opens. It does not happen every time, but after having checked five e-mails and went from my inbox to my deleted e-mails, four new tabs had opened.
This has never happened before. 
My pc has just had everything re-installed, but the problem was not there yesterday.  

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter my mail account ([e-mail])
2. Check inbox or an e-mail
3. 
Actual Results:  
A new tab opens

Expected Results:  
It should not have opened the tab. I did not ask for it.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Do you already tried 
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug has had the CLOSEME tag for several weeks and the date in the tag is
far gone. If the reporter can still see this issue, Please retest with Firefox
3.6.x or later and a new profile
(http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Then please remove the
closeme tag in the whiteboard, mark the bug against the proper version and
comment on the bug.