[tor-bugs] #3429 [TorBrowserButton]: Referer blocking option breaks browser navigation

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#3429: Referer blocking option breaks browser navigation
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 Reporter:  Anna              |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                    |         Parent:           
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 I was having problems with the Tor Browser pack that uses Firefox 4.  The
 back, forward, and refresh buttons as well as the auto-refresh feature of
 NoScript would stop working within a few pages of opening each new
 browsing session.  The buttons would still be there, looking normal and I
 could click them and they'd register the click but wouldn't load the
 requested page.

 I tested a variety of different combinations of settings and I think I
 have isolated the problem as being caused by the Block All Referer
 setting.  This problem occurs both when using the Block All Referer
 feature in Torbutton's header settings and also when doing the same with
 the RefControl addon. But this applies only in the version of the Tor
 Browser that uses Firefox 4.  I've tried the same settings out on the
 regular Firefox 4 and on the Firefox 3 version of the Tor Browser and
 haven't had any problems with back, forward, or refresh.

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