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When I minimize FF and then try to maximize it again if I click on a tab I wasn't on when I minimized it , it won't open unless I do it twice, why

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maka4953
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lets say I have two tabs one is my gmail account and one is my facebook account, now I decide to minimize FF while my Facebook tab is active then I forget which tab I was viewing when it comes to maximizing FF again and I mistakenly remembered being on my gmail tab so I click that and I get a beep and then nothing, I click again and it opens, but if I had clicked Facebook tab it would have opened right away, why it is so frustrating, some times I have several tabs open and I can't remember which one I was viewing last so I click on a random one and get an annoy beep then nothing.

lets say I have two tabs one is my gmail account and one is my facebook account, now I decide to minimize FF while my Facebook tab is active then I forget which tab I was viewing when it comes to maximizing FF again and I mistakenly remembered being on my gmail tab so I click that and I get a beep and then nothing, I click again and it opens, but if I had clicked Facebook tab it would have opened right away, why it is so frustrating, some times I have several tabs open and I can't remember which one I was viewing last so I click on a random one and get an annoy beep then nothing.

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guigs
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I can reproduce this, I think it is by default. However it is possible to have a different view of your tabs if you check out some of the customization options for tabs at addons.mozilla.org.

maka4953
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Thanks for trying to help, If it is by default it is not only stupid, it's damned annoying and should be fixed, I don't see how checking out the customizable tabs will help and won't spend much time looking, I already have to many add-ons only problem is I use them all and I feel they slow things down.