514419 - While tabbed window is loading, clicking on previous tab forces to open in new window.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 489729

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[John Wilson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

When you start Firefox web browser, you have one tabbed window (Home). It loads. For me, it is my mail. I wish to open another tab in the same window. I click on the plus sign and type in the new address. It takes a while to load so I click on the first tab already open. As I am looking at the first tab, the second tab that was loading has now loaded. What the browser does is it takes the second tab, separates itself from your now open window and opens the second tab in a new window. Now I have two firefoxes open with single tabs. This has happened to me multiple times and it doesn't matter how many tabs I have open. The new window is created when I open a new tab and go back to another "already open" tab. You get screens opening and minimizing, almost like firefox is taking control and telling you, "this is the screen you opened, here it is and you need to look at it NOW!"

Very Frustrating. 

This didn't happen until I upgraded to this version.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:  
If I open a new tab and go back to a previous tab, I'll get to the newly opened tab when I am ready. I don't need a new window opened up and it flashing in my face.

The newly opened tab can open at its convenience and when it gets opened, I will open it or look at it when I click on the tab, not when the software gets done loading the page and pops it up in front of me.

Comment 1

[John Wilson]

This happens to both my work and home computers.