Window does not refresh after closing tab in fullscreen firefox window

[Steve Magoun]

I am having intermittent problems closing fullscreen firefox tabs. The window does not refresh after closing the tab. The result is that the tab appears it's still open, and the window containing the tab does not accept input. Putting the window into windowed mode (from fullscreen) causes the screen to refresh itself.

To reproduce:
1) Open a fullscreen firefox window
2) Open several tabs in the window. Open websites in those tabs (for example multiple launchpad bugs)
3) Close a tab by clicking the 'x' in the tab

Expected results:
The tab closes

Actual results:
The tab does not appear to close. The browser window becomes unresponsive and does not appear to accept any input

The workaround is to un-maximize the window such as by clicking the 'maximize' window decoration or by dragging the window title bar out of the top panel. After doing this the window redraws, the closed tab is gone, and the window accepts input again.

This problem is intermittent; I see it on about 5% of the tabs I close.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: unity 7.1.0+13.10.20130822-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-3.8-generic 3.11.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Mon Aug 26 10:06:46 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (1074 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-07 (18 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[groug (grougyek)]

I have the same problem with Ubuntu 13.10: just enabling/disabling fullscreen gets me this problem: when disabling fullscreen, the parts (the launcher to the left and the menu to the top) not used anymore by the app (be it, in my case, Firefox or SublimeText) are not refreshed. I have to unmaximize/maximize too.