When I click a link within a site, Firefox connects me to a blank screen instead of to the page/document I was trying to get to. Why?

Let me give you examples:
1. The USAA website told me to click a link to get my new insurance card. With Firefox, I was delivered to a blank page; with Safari, to my new insurance cards.
2. Within my bank's website, I clicked the tab to get a statement. Firefox delivered me to a blank page.
3. The email from the soccer association said click to register. Firefox delivered me to a blank page; Safari brought me to the registration page.

This can happen if the disk cache isn't enabled (see about:cache) or otherwise the page isn't in the cache.
If possible then try to open that video in a new tab with a middle-click on the link or via the right-click context menu.<br />
Then you can close that tab instead of using the Back button to go back to that page.

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