Well, Latch, I'm assuming that you're talking about Firefox on Linux. To quote the response I got from someone in #mozillazine on irc.mozilla.org -
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<Mabus> SecretMethod70: both the Apple HIG and the GNOME HIG says it should be so - I'm not sure that's the reason, but read them, anyway.
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<Wolf> heh, it's work being done to make it more platform correct..
<Wolf> is why buttons moved around. ;-) if it's wrong for your platform, find the bug. or file one
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So, in short, it's not a bug, but the Human Interface Guidelines say it should be that way on some platforms, so on those platforms it is.
EDIT: damn, looks like someone beat me to it while I was looking up the answer
