firefox backpage reloading craziness
About one out of every three times when I do a backpage from page "Y" (the page I'm currently viewing) back to page "X" (the page I was looking at before Y), X briefly loads but then page Y comes back up. This happens whether I use the backpage button on the browser or the key I've mapped on my mouse. So far the worst offenders for this is Reddit, Facebook (where pictures I've closed magically reopen) and THIS site where trying to navigate here I got into a crazy recursive loop that seems to keep me on the same, albeit wrong, page, no matter how many times I backpage. Can anyone help?
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Figured it out. Logitech's Unity software apparently was freaking out and transposing my mouse buttons at random. I uninstalled it. Unfortunately, now my trackball has little functionality and I had to go back to a regular, wired mouse. Since the uninstall and switch, no issues.
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Experimental Features
Also, on some pages (particularly Facebook), all I have to do is move the mouse and a previous page will open.
Have you tried Firefox in Safe Mode?
Yes. Still happens. Also, Amazon is another one of those pages where I can get stuck in the recursive-loop thing.
What are your protection programs?
Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe web sites. Is the problem still there?
Panda AV, Malwarebytes and uBlock add-on (which obviously doesn't run in Safe Mode).
Could it be a flash plug-in issue?
We won't be sure until it stops.
தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது
Figured it out. Logitech's Unity software apparently was freaking out and transposing my mouse buttons at random. I uninstalled it. Unfortunately, now my trackball has little functionality and I had to go back to a regular, wired mouse. Since the uninstall and switch, no issues.
That was very good work. Well Done. Contact their support sites and ask questions.