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[Firefox 24/25, Ubuntu, Win7] Firefox automatically switches to new tab, even though options for this are off. How to prevent this?

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diceypoo
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Hello there.

Clean install of ubuntu 13.10, I configure everything, firefox keeps opening tabs and switching automatically. Turned off the checkbox in preferences, set browser.tabs.loadBookmarsInBackground, true, problem seemed solved. However some youtube ads and google ad links I click (first I did so by mistake, now to test) keep forcing the ever-annoying auto switch to the new tab.

Tried the same with a win7 laptop, both unupdated and 25.0 Firefox, same thing

Hello there. Clean install of ubuntu 13.10, I configure everything, firefox keeps opening tabs and switching automatically. Turned off the checkbox in preferences, set browser.tabs.loadBookmarsInBackground, true, problem seemed solved. However some youtube ads and google ad links I click (first I did so by mistake, now to test) keep forcing the ever-annoying auto switch to the new tab. Tried the same with a win7 laptop, both unupdated and 25.0 Firefox, same thing

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diceypoo
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Tried loadBookmarksInBackground as true and browser.load.loadDivertedInBackground as true and it seems to work now! Tried it with some youtube ads and twitch.tv, so far so good.