Strange mozilla and safari issue

I have been having this issue lately where i click info on certain web pages instead of changing the current page it will open another tab. When i go to click the next tab it just closes? It happens quite often when i tried to ask this question it opened up two or three tabs and then they disappear when i click the tab. This also happens in safari which i never use? Also my trackpad single click keeps bringing up the scroll circle which never used to come up. does anyone know what is going on

It is hard to say. Any kind of burp or glitch could have caused it. The Pram reset usually helps as it did on yours. If you look at all the Pram controls you will notice some of the commands for the trackpad are there. Glad I could help. Have a good rest of holiday.

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