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EZPickins
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Very often when I click on a link in a web site the address will appear in the address bar and the connecting globe is spinning but the new page does bot load unless i put the cursor in the address bar and hit enter again.

Very often when I click on a link in a web site the address will appear in the address bar and the connecting globe is spinning but the new page does bot load unless i put the cursor in the address bar and hit enter again.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

Another possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.

You can also try to repair the places database with this extension:

EZPickins
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Followed the advice but it did not correct the problem. I reset Firefox to default settings but that did not help.