Repeatedly connecting to certain websites since using Firefox 7

I connect to a website and it displays as expected. I move my cursor to the page and it disappears, waits for the connection, connects, disappears, waits, connects, and so on.
It's only a few sites and it's only since upgrading to 7.
Example site provided.

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blocksite/

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