Links in Apple Mail not opening in Firefox 15

Links in messages in Apple Mail have recently stopped opening Firefox tabs and windows. The Mail window fades, as if a new window or application were being accessed, but nothing happens. I have reset my default browser (according to Mozilla instructions) in both Firefox and Safari. I have also checked all add-ons to see if they might be causing the problem and nothing changes when all are disabled. If I set Safari as default browser, it works fine.
Any thoughts? (FYI, while not totally incompetent or technically illiterate, I am also not all that schooled in the details of computer know-how and haven't gotten much beyond the options available on the toolbar and the limited information found through a quick Google search. It seems others have had this issue in the past, but I haven't found a fix that works for me yet.)
Thanks.

Hi!
Is Mail the only external app that has that problem?
I remember having a similar issue and that was caused by an add-on who was messing up with the Firefox behavior.
If this is the case, you should see the same behavior when opening links from other apps.
To resolved, you have 2 options. Either use Firefox Reset ([[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] ) or try to use Safe Mode ([[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]] ).
Firefox Reset will reset the majority of your Firefox settings (including the add-ons) while keeping the most important information safe (Bookmarks, etc). In the other hand Safe Mode will allow you to test Firefox with a clean profile and then it will allow you to disable all the Add-ons. If that solves the issue, you should activate the add-ons one by one until you find the one it's causing the problem.
I hope this helps you.

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