Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Firefox's unusual multiple tabs opening bug

Today encounter a very (funny) odd looking bug in firefox. (Its not strictly related to Firefox, but anyways.)
The Bug:
If you have chosen the option in Firefox called "Open link in new Tab" and your default PDF file viewer is Firefox (Yeah it can happen with some people). If you download a PDF file and try to open it. The firefox will go in a infinite loop opening multiple Tabs (sometimes over 300, the only way to stop it using the "stop" icon in main menu).
Most people (non technical ones) get really annoyed with this. Installing and uninstalling the Firefox won't kill the problem (as its not entirely related to web browser).
Solution:
Only solution is to unassociated PDF files with firefox , thats it.
Right click any PDF file and then choose Open with menu and choose your default PDF viewer (Adobe or foxit). Choose Always open these files with this application. and you are done.