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Opening YouTube links in new tabs leads to 'Video unavailable'

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Internet-Handel
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Hello everyone,

For some time, I have problems opening links in a new tabs (CTRL+click on link).

Whenever I try, the new tab opens but the web page would either not open at all or only partially. Examples: clicking link A while being on page B leads to C 1. A: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute 

   B: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/firefox/form
   C: Unable to connect

2. A: https://www.ebay.com/mye/myebay/watchlist 

   B: https://www.ebay.com/?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5339064144&customid=ROWss&toolid=20012&mkevt=1
   C: Unable to connect

3. A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTO1zeD6r0 

   B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PIar7Fd7WM
   C: page opens, but in the video frame it says 'Video unavailable'

These problems do not appear, when I open links in the same tab. They also do not appear, when I open links in a new tab in another browser.

Thus, it must be some issue with Firefox' 'open in new tab'-function.

Any ideas what to do?


Cheers, Bart

Hello everyone, For some time, I have problems opening links in a new tabs (CTRL+click on link). Whenever I try, the new tab opens but the web page would either not open at all or only partially. Examples: clicking link A while being on page B leads to C 1. A: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute B: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/firefox/form C: Unable to connect 2. A: https://www.ebay.com/mye/myebay/watchlist B: https://www.ebay.com/?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5339064144&customid=ROWss&toolid=20012&mkevt=1 C: Unable to connect 3. A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTO1zeD6r0 B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PIar7Fd7WM C: page opens, but in the video frame it says 'Video unavailable' These problems do not appear, when I open links in the same tab. They also do not appear, when I open links in a new tab in another browser. Thus, it must be some issue with Firefox' 'open in new tab'-function. Any ideas what to do? Cheers, Bart

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