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Re: Changed Firefox behaviour

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Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Firefox 129.0.2 on OS 10.15.7
> 
> Until recently, if I scrolled down a long Reddit page and then clicked
> on a link, it displayed a new page.  If I then used ' CMD[ ', it
> returned to the place where I had found the link in the long page.
> However, in the last few weeks it has started returning to the head of
> the long page, which means I have to scroll all the way down again to
> continue from where I left off.  
> 
> At first I though Reddit had changed their code but then I found it was
> happening on other sites with long pages, so I am wondering if I have
> accidentally changed something in the Firefox Preferences. (The same
> change has also affected the 'return' link on the new page.)
> 
> I have looked to see if there is any obvious setting that could be
> re-set, but haven't found one.  Does anyone know whether I have changed
> Firefox (most likely) or whether a lot of websites have almost
> simultaneously changed their code (less likely).

I think that's a symptom of the app cache being flushed so it has lost
track. Are you running close to the limit of RAM available?

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