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firefox appears to reload pages instead of refreshing

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under windows 10 firefox will reload and bring me back to the top of the page rather than refresh and leave me where I was

under windows 10 firefox will reload and bring me back to the top of the page rather than refresh and leave me where I was

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Some web pages are know to be updated by the site. News, for example. So the page you are trying to reload no longer exists.

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When does this happen?

Are you leaving the tab and return to this tab?


Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window