Do you mean this?

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

The setting in "Tools > 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.com/kb/Options+window+-+Advanced+panel#General_tab

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

Actually, I didn't see the string you typed into your advice to me, but I saw an arrow pointing up to a little icon/symbol and beside it the instruction to click on the icon to UNBLOCK access. Is this essentially the same thing as you have told me?

BTW, thanks for your reply and help. I truly appreciate it! / On another question, how do I get to my FIREFOX account if I haven't yet placed the Mozilla Firefox icon on my computer desktop? I tried just going to the web site, but there I'm invited to download the browser, and I did that yesterday!

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).

• Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
• https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.

• Use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
• Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")