"open link in new tab" fails; instead opens main page on which link was found

"open link in a new tab" always worked great until recently. Now, on a number of sites--at least 1 of which is a game site--FF opens a new tab that duplicates the page on which I found the link. I can go to that new tab and click the link I want there, but I'd love to get this feature working like it did before.
I have even tried using "copy link location" and pasting that location into the address bar of a new tab, but this, also, fails. I am completely at a loss to understand what's happening.
I've asked others using the same web sites if they have this problem, and they've said no. So I'm pretty sure that the problem has something to do with a setting I've changed w/o realizing that this would happen.

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Please update Firefox to the latest version via "Help > About Firefox" or "Help > Check for Updates" 
The Firefox 6.0.2 version that you currently run is no longer supported with security updates.
You can find the latest Firefox release in all languages and for all Operating Systems here:
*Firefox 11.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

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