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Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

stanr — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 19:45:13 GMT

I'm on an iMac, latest os update, latest firefox update. Now when I click on a link in an email, firefox opens a blank window. Just one window. Clicking on the link a second time opens another window with the proper opened link. This is similar to the old bug where clicking on a link opened two windows, one blank and the other with the opened link. And, of course, the window on top was alway the blank one. This latest bug seems to be related to that. At least before the last "Congratulations! You're using the latest..." update ,two tabs would open and one of them would have the opened link. Now I have to go back and click on link a second time to open it. Annoying to say the least.

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

ERRL — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:45:56 GMT

Same here! Newest versions of macOS and Firefox...

New problem (1-click link, 2-click to close homepage, 3-click link again)

is worse than old problem (1-click link, 2-click to close homepage)

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

Togster — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:44:07 GMT

Same thing with windows, going to end up dumping their browser can going with Brave

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

est68 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:13:42 GMT

I could not agree more, how difficult is it to resolve? (Honestly, I don't know, I'm not a programmer). I still would prefer FF due to cookie management. I have posted this in related discussions:

if you are on Mac and use Timemachine, you are in luck: you can restore FF to an earlier version, for me 115.0.2 (as this was before I went on holidays, end of July). You lose your profile and bookmarks, but that's easily restored by synchronising with your FF account (if you have one) or from another browser, apart from some settings and managed cookies. When you fire up FF first time after restoration, do it without any internet connection and then untick the automated update, that lets you keep the older version. At least until those hiccups are resolved...

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

tubascuba — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:22:50 GMT

Same here - Firefox v. 117.0 on iMac with Catalina v. 10.15.7

All external links not launching in Firefox - takes another click.

This also happened a couple of yeas ago - exactlys same thing and was corrected with another Firefox update.

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

pes04 — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:24:11 GMT

I have the same issue for the last (two?) Firefox versions .. with both standard Firefox and Firefox developer edition. It is very annoying

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

t-moulson — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:08:10 GMT

I have the same problem. Just installed firefox today, this is a bit of a bummer!

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

NNYer — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:07:48 GMT

The last couple Firefox updates have caused this for me as well on my Windows 10 PC. If I click a link in LinkedIn, it takes me to a blank page. If I do the same thing on either Chrome or Edge or an iOS mobile device, it works perfectly, so the problem lies with Firefox. I also can't access my company email anymore from Firefox. I have to use Chrome. I much prefer Firefox, but these glitches are unacceptable. Mozilla/Firefox offers no explanation or fix for this issue. The only articles you can find are from 2015 or 2018, so the instructions for accessing the cache through Tools aren't even accurate any longer. It's like Firefox keeps getting worse and they don't even seem to care.

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

tubascuba — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:19:11 GMT

I am using Firefox v. 128.0.3 with iMac v 10.15.7 and it all works perfectly for me - including launching links that auto launch Firefox. No more blank pages!

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

NNYer — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:51:45 GMT

Thanks for that information. Since I'm on a Windows 10 PC, the issue must happen just on PCs.

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

TiffieCatt — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:32:17 GMT

Re: Clicking on a link opens only a blank window in Firefox

MateusAuri — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:55:52 GMT

3 years on and I'm having this issue on v148.0 (Windows x64)