Firefox new windows at random times
I was ready to trash Firefox after the last upgrade. Tabs kept turning into new windows in response to trivial mouse movements. It’s a bug — an extremely annoying one — clicking a tab once and then moving your mouse down causes a new window to open.
To fix, download this “Disable detach and tear off tab” addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12276
- Install it.
- Click tools >> Add-ons (or type Alt-T, Alt-A).
- On the bug489729, click “Options”.
- Check “Disable detach tab”.
- Click “OK”.
Enabling “Drop URL” will restore an older Firefox feature that lets you drag a Tab to a folder to create a link.