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Tabs don't move as before.

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Sometime along the movement to FF 10, my tabs do not act as before. I load dozens of tabs at a time. 1- As I go from tab to tab, the next tab just beyond the right tab would show that I could just 'hit' on it and it would open. The tab after would also show a bit. Now I have to hit the right arrow, then 'hit' the tab to open. It increases my workload tremendously. 2- Along with '1' above if I 'hit' the left or right arrow, the tabs shoot across more than the width of the tab bar. I sometimes have to go back and fourth a few times to get where I was. It never was this "sensitive" or acted in this way.

Sometime along the movement to FF 10, my tabs do not act as before. I load dozens of tabs at a time. 1- As I go from tab to tab, the next tab just beyond the right tab would show that I could just 'hit' on it and it would open. The tab after would also show a bit. Now I have to hit the right arrow, then 'hit' the tab to open. It increases my workload tremendously. 2- Along with '1' above if I 'hit' the left or right arrow, the tabs shoot across more than the width of the tab bar. I sometimes have to go back and fourth a few times to get where I was. It never was this "sensitive" or acted in this way.

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You can use the mouse scroll wheel on the tab bar to scroll tabs in view without the need to use the scroll buttons.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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I tried FF Safe and nothing changes. Apparently major changes affected basic functions. I can see in other complaints. This is severely hindering my work. I can see why Chrome has overtaken FF. Mozilla has gone too far too fast and is crippling FF.

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You can use the mouse scroll wheel on the tab bar to scroll tabs in view without the need to use the scroll buttons.

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I have a computer (One that I repair for charity) with Win XP and FF 3.6.26. Everything works fine. Cannot install FF3.6.26 under Win 7, some needed add-ins will not work as they are incompatible with 3.6.26 and cannot access older versions. This operation suddenly changed in Win 9 - 10.

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You can install the portable Firefox 3.6.x version to access websites that do not work with Firefox 5+ if you want to test it out with that version.

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That is not the issue. I can install FF 3.6.26 or whatever. The problem is that there are functions that I use (Outlining links to make tabs, etc.), that need Tab Mix Plus. However, I can access TMP but not the older version compatible with FF3.6.26. I have to use a computer that was set-up with FF3.6.26 at the time (and not update).

Apparently there were a lot of changes in FF10 that screwed up a lot of people. I read through all the latest in the forum - Not your fault. Mozilla screwed up big time.

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There is still an older TMP version available on the versions page that compatible with Firefox 3.6.

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I'll try to get it to work. If it does I'll have FF10.1, FF3.6.23, Chrome and Waterfox.