I haven't seen behavior like what you're describing. I suspect I'm just not understanding what you're seeing.

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Thank you!

it usually happens when I'm reading an e-mail within Gmail and I click on a link embedded in the e-mail. but sometimes it happens from a website I'm visiting and I click on a hot link. thanks for your help.

See:

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

The setting in "Options/Preferences > 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.org/kb/settings-network-updates-and-encryption#w_general-tab

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

that did it. thanks. it wasn't clear that that wasn't a security step.

See:

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

thanks.