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When opening a link from another application and firefox is closed, Firefox opens but the link does not

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COMSAT1
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I am using Firefox 29 on Mac OS 10.9.2, although this problem has happened on OS 10.8~ and various other versions of FF. I'm using 29 simply because I like it!

The problem: Firefox is set as the default browser in every way that it is possible to set it as the default. However, when I click a URL from any application and Firefox is closed, Firefox opens opens, the tabs from my last browsing session start up, but the link does not open. I have to go back to the app and click the link again. This only happens on Firefox. I can set any other browser as default and it will open the link from a closed state.

I am using Firefox 29 on Mac OS 10.9.2, although this problem has happened on OS 10.8~ and various other versions of FF. I'm using 29 simply because I like it! The problem: Firefox is set as the default browser in every way that it is possible to set it as the default. However, when I click a URL from any application and Firefox is closed, Firefox opens opens, the tabs from my last browsing session start up, but the link does not open. I have to go back to the app and click the link again. This only happens on Firefox. I can set any other browser as default and it will open the link from a closed state.

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This is happening to me, as well, on Mac OS X 10.6.8, but only since I upgraded to the latest version of Firefox, 32.0.1. I can click an HTTP link in another application and Firefox will become the active application, but it will not load a new tab for the link, as expected. Instead, it just sits there. I have to go back to the other application and click the link a second time, at which point Firefox will correctly open a new tab and load the destination URL.

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guigs
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That should not happen. In the new Firefox 30 version for Mac OS this should not happen anymore. Update Firefox to the latest release

COMSAT1
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It's more or less fixed. It still happens, but not as often.

Justin
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This is happening to me, as well, on Mac OS X 10.6.8, but only since I upgraded to the latest version of Firefox, 32.0.1. I can click an HTTP link in another application and Firefox will become the active application, but it will not load a new tab for the link, as expected. Instead, it just sits there. I have to go back to the other application and click the link a second time, at which point Firefox will correctly open a new tab and load the destination URL.

Justin
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I can confirm that this also happens, though with much less frequency, on an iMac running OS X 10.9.4. It shares no data or settings with my home machine.

Justin
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Bugzilla reports have been filed for this issue:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069864 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017595 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069864

There is also a bigger thread at:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1018542