New tab positions curser in address bar

I am not sure what happened during some update along the way, but I would to be able to open a new tab and automatically have the cursor position itself in the first text box available, in my instance, the Google text box. I use Google as my homepage typically because when I go on line it is to conduct research, now when opening a new tab I find myself typing into the address bar which is very annoying. Using tab does not help since I am forced to repeatedly tab through multiple bookmarks and I wind up having to stop and manually position cursor in search box. What happened, is there an option I am missing to fix this irritation? Thanks.

I have been looking into my issue (or at least one of my many) and it appears to be a problem with a JavaScript. I have found a solution but have not the slightest idea how to enter the "code" into the system. This code applies mostly to on-line forms and how to have the cursor immediately focus on the first text field, but it seems to be only one solution to this problem. Below is one link to the potential solution. Ultimately, I suppose I could just slow down and check but when on a roll it is hard to stop, look at the screen and click the text field I want to use: a drudgery. :o)
rmeigs, I am curious to know if you use Windows 7, I have Vista Ultimate at home and this annoyance does not occur? Thanks to all for the suggestions, I am still looking. Dolon
http://www.html-faq.com/htmlforms/?entryfocus

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(1) In a new tab, type or paste '''about:config''' in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.
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