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When I go from my home page to another site I now get two screens side by side rather than the url that I go to filling up the whole screen. How do i change this?

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when I open up firefox I go to my home page. Then when I go to a site that I booked marked that site come up on the left hand side of my screen while on the right side of my screen is still my home page. previously my home page would be replaced by the new page that I went to. How do I go back to what I previously had? I am running 3.6.17 - I have not updated because the newer version of fire fox says it will not run the plug ins that I use

when I open up firefox I go to my home page. Then when I go to a site that I booked marked that site come up on the left hand side of my screen while on the right side of my screen is still my home page. previously my home page would be replaced by the new page that I went to. How do I go back to what I previously had? I am running 3.6.17 - I have not updated because the newer version of fire fox says it will not run the plug ins that I use

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Opening in the side bar is the default for bookmarks that are created via a link or button on a website.
You can check the Properties of a bookmark via the right-click context menu in the side bar (Ctrl+B; Cmd+B on Mac).
In the Bookmarks Manager (Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks) you can click the More button in the Details pane at the bottom right.
Make sure that "Load this bookmark in the side bar" is not selected.

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Opening in the side bar is the default for bookmarks that are created via a link or button on a website.
You can check the Properties of a bookmark via the right-click context menu in the side bar (Ctrl+B; Cmd+B on Mac).
In the Bookmarks Manager (Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks) you can click the More button in the Details pane at the bottom right.
Make sure that "Load this bookmark in the side bar" is not selected.