See:

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

The setting in "Options > 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.

You can also toggle the accessibility.blockautorefresh pref to false on the about:config page if you have a problem with the Options panel

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

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

Buriedalive,

I was looking at exactly this point due to a problem that I have. At first, I struggled to find this particular Accessibility option, but it is certainly in Firefox V31, which I am using.

Having entered Tools/Options from the Firefox menu bar, select the Advanced option from the resulting menu bar on the Options window and then click on the General Tab. Accessibility is the first of three sets of parameters (Accessibility, Browsing and System Defaults) that are shown and the parameter in question is the third, i.e. the last, in the Accessibility list.

If this doesn't work for you, you could always try entering about:config in the Firefox address bar and then toggle the accessibility.blockautorefresh parameter (2nd item on the list shown) to change the setting. This option is described in more detail in the various other links that appear in the original answer. I have changed the setting back and forth using both methods and they seem to work equally well.

Hope this helps.

bjw10