Om Mac 10.8 firefox window keeps moving off screen without me touching anything so I cant accomplish anything.

I cant use firefox. It slides by itself of screen and I need to go to dock to bring it back. It happens every few minutes and sometimes even more frequently. While is off screen I am able to enter information into it. So it satays open but invisible

Are you accidentally hitting the F11 key? That will cause any open window to slide off the screen.

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To the moderator who deleted this post, here it is my submission again with the only redactions I think could be even remotely expected:
No, I am not "having a rough day", it's only 3:00AM here in California, I had a great day yesterday, I've had plenty of sleep so far tonight, and I'm going back to bed in few minutes. I'm just fine.
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All I had typed was "Ouch!" until you requested an elaboration. It was that passive aggressive, insolent retort of yours that slightly annoyed me, nothing else.
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