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Firefox is still opening a new tab on regaining focus. Why?

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At this point I'm ready to give up on Firefox, for two major reasons:

1. Bookmarks are cumbersome as hell to access. They're buried under multiple pointless levels... and that's after you pull up a giant menu and scroll to the top of it, another pointless level. It takes four taps (and some scrolling) just to start looking at your bookmarks.

2. Every time you return to Firefox mobile from another app, it creates a new tab... instead of showing you what you were looking at a minute ago. Were you looking at your boarding pass? Welp, you won't be now. Super fun while you're in the security line!

Or, were you checking a restaurant address online so you can text it to your friend? NOPE, says Firefox. You must want a new tab instead.

The new-tab problem has been complained about for years. What is going on?

At this point I'm ready to give up on Firefox, for two major reasons: 1. Bookmarks are cumbersome as hell to access. They're buried under multiple pointless levels... and that's ''after'' you pull up a giant menu and scroll to the top of it, another pointless level. It takes four taps (and some scrolling) just to '''start''' looking at your bookmarks. 2. Every time you return to Firefox mobile from another app, it creates a new tab... instead of showing you what you were looking at a minute ago. Were you looking at your boarding pass? Welp, you won't be now. Super fun while you're in the security line! Or, were you checking a restaurant address online so you can text it to your friend? NOPE, says Firefox. You must want a new tab instead. The new-tab problem has been complained about for '''years'''. What is going on?

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