See:

• Firefox > Options/Preferences > Advanced > General : Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"

The setting in "Options > Advanced > General" is meant as an accessibility feature, as you can see by the label of that section, so that people with disabilities or people who use screen readers do not get confused and is not meant as a safety protection to stop redirecting.

See also:

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/settings-network-updates-and-encryption#w_general-tab

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.blockautorefresh
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox

Thank you Cor-El! The info you provided fixed half my problem. Unchecked accessibility tab and now understand why the code was written the way it was and how to change it. Very informative. Realize now that I really had two problems. The second being with Yahoo tool bar. Only way mail and weather app would work was to refresh the page when Firefox started. Would think it would refresh on start up but guess my problem is with Yahoo now. Thanks again for your help.

If you are using a bookmark to visit this page then try to start from the Yahoo main page or Yahoo log in page and navigate to the wanted page starting there.

Clear the cache and cookies only from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

• Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

• Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

• Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Thanks again Cor-El. Went through your list and ended up on "Delete FF Preference files". Found several "prefs.js files or similar prefs.js" files. Renamed one and deleted the others. Got my old FF page back and apps work without refreshing page! I even have the "restore previous session" arrow box back in the lower right side of the page that went missing months ago. Never used it so it didn't matter. Thanks to you everything is working fine now.