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Why is my homepage tab (symbaloo) also going to the link I click, leaving me with two identical tabs and no homepage ?

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I have my homepage set for symbaloo where I have links to all of my most visited websites. Every time I clicked a link a new tab would open but my symbaloo page would remain intact. Recently, however, the new tab opens but my symbaloo page also goes to the link I clicked leaving me with two identical webpages. I have always kept the symbaloo tab open when I'm browsing so its frustrating it has decided to start doing this. Thanks.

I have my homepage set for symbaloo where I have links to all of my most visited websites. Every time I clicked a link a new tab would open but my symbaloo page would remain intact. Recently, however, the new tab opens but my symbaloo page also goes to the link I clicked leaving me with two identical webpages. I have always kept the symbaloo tab open when I'm browsing so its frustrating it has decided to start doing this. Thanks.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window

Does it make a difference whether you have the symbaloo tab pinned?

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Interesting. I'm not an intensive computer user so never knew I could pin a tab. Thanks for that. Nonetheless, I tried the safe mode thing first and it made no difference. When I tried it from the pinned tab the Symbaloo page remained intact (yay !) but TWO identical tabs open up ??? I guess it may be Symbaloo that is the problem and not Firefox but your advice has helped me move forward a little in solving the problem. Cheers.