# Mozilla annoyance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-annoyance/275629>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-annoyance/275629 "2004-11-19T07:38:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-annoyance/275629/1 "2004-11-19T07:38:29Z")

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Occasionally when using Mozilla (regular Mozilla, hasn’t happened in Firefox) something strange happens: a black box appears around any link I click, the link opens up in a new tab even when I’ve tried to open it in the same tab, and my keyboard stops working. Closing and reopening Mozilla doesn’t fix it, I have to switch to a different browser or reboot. WTF is going on?

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-annoyance/275629/2 "2004-11-19T12:41:08Z")

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Does everything work OK in other applications? It sounds to me like it could be a sticking key on your keyboard - maybe the Control or Alt key? (I’m not sure what the command keys do in Firefox)

My keyboard at work had a sticky Ctrl key, which caused all kinds of weird behaviour.

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-annoyance/275629/3 "2004-11-19T15:25:47Z")

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No, that’s the only program I have problems with.