Mail skips from address field to subject field mid-typing

Sometimes -- maybe one out of fifty times – when I'm typing an address in the address field of a mail, a comma is automatically inserted and the cursor jups down to the Subject line, where I finish typing the addressee.
I then have to erase the Subject line, return to the Addresee line, remove the comma and finish the address.
This is really annoying but intermittent.
And it's been happening for over a year.
Can anybody help?

That is done by a JavaScript on the (Google) page to set focus to the search bar.<br />
You can stop the loading with the ESC key or set a blank page as the startup page and click the Home button if you want the Home page to appear.
Tools > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show a blank page"
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