You might want to start by upgrading to FF 3.5.
Have you looked at the Tab Options? (Tools/Options/Tabs)
Do you have a style manager like Stylish Installed? A custom CSS file
may be at work here.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:38 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Not sure if this is a software problem or a hardware  one.  I sure as heck
> don't want to have to format again.... as I have  already done it 3 times,
> no less.
>
> I have an 8400 Dell Dimension, running Win XP Home, SP3, 2 GB  Ram and
> using Firefox, mostly as my browser.  Sometimes,  Explorer.
>
> When I right click and select 'open in tab,' it goes up to the  bar, but
> the X is invisible unless I run the cursor over it, but it will not  open in
> that tab unless I click on it - even in Explorer. Also, I have  my colors in
> Firefox set with the blue color as the link, but after you click on  them,
> they turn red showing me I have already clicked on that link. Not so any
> more.
>
> I recently had to format, and ever since that time, this  happened.  I
> don't know if it's my software or what or if it's something I  am not doing
> right.  But these steps have always worked for me, now they  won't.
>
> Harriet
>
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