My mouse isn't working properly when I'm online!

[Fawfulfan]

This is a hard problem to describe, but I'll try.

I've been having problems with my mouse today. When I go onto Mozilla Firefox, I can move my mouse around properly, but I can't click on things. It works again whenever I activate the window for another program, and switch back, but after a few web pages, it happens again.

WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING!?

 

[Srb2kirbyo]

Did you try "refresh" on the desktop or restarting your computer?

 

[Fawfulfan]

Never mind, it works now. Boy, do I feel sheepish for having come crying to you guys over this little issue.

 

[a bee]

- Clean under your mouse buttons.
- If possible or available, use a fast, well defragmented 'swap' disk partition for Firefox cache instead of your system partition.

 

[stoneywagner]

Do you live in Soviet Russia?

 

[Drake Spyker]

Firefox occasionally screws up like that. I've never been able to figure out what causes it, but it only happens once in a blue moon, and restarting Firefox solves the problem immediately.

 

[Fawfulfan]

It didn't get solved when I restarted. I actually think it was some kind of system glitch, because I also lost my ability to drag icons in Windows Explorer.