Help w/ Firefox!

Okay, so I just installed Firefox today and have been using it to browse the web for an hour or so... It runs pretty well -- images seem to load a tad slower though. I like the visual links bar under the URL line.

But here's my problem -- the TABS bar. When I'm visiting a site, I'll have several tabs open up to pages related to that site which I didn't even click on. Example -- I was on Gamespot.com and was checking out a game while a tab opened up for the news section of the site, the XBOX home page of the site, etc.

Now, when I just opened up DU, logged in, and opened a thread, another tab opened up. When I switched to that tab, it displayed a page that stated 'this user has now been added to your ignore list.' I went to the manage ignore page and unselected the user Firefox ignored for me.

What am I doing wrong... or why does Firefox enjoy clicking on links I don't want to click?

If you open tools>extensions then "get more extensions",
look for Tabbrowser Preferences and easyGestures.
These two helped me a lot. There are many more extensions
that you may choose to use.

:)

So far, so good.

Thanks to everyone who posted.

you might want to reload, or check the firefox hompage for hints

Anyway, the point is, you can control the behavior of those tabs, and how you prefer them to work.

Me, I like to have most clicked links show up in new tabs, except those that remain on the parent site -- but that's just me. I also use the multi-row format, with the 'close tab' button on the corner of each one.