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Double browser in default mode

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When Firefox is my default browser and I click a link in my email two browsers open, one with the link i clicked on and one with my homepage

When Firefox is my default browser and I click a link in my email two browsers open, one with the link i clicked on and one with my homepage

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Can you please provide a screenshot/clip of such incident for further elaboration?

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Image 1 is from clicking on your email link. Image 2 is the same ,but I moved the browser down so you could see both

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This is a known bug on Catalina when you open an external link when Firefox isn't running.

  • 1600153 - macOS 10.15 Catalina - two firefox windows are opened when clicking on external link

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