On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:16 PM Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:57:01 +0100 > piorunz <pior...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > On 14/04/2021 17:19, Celejar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I recently switched to Firefox's native HTTPS-Only mode from the > > > HTTPS Everywhere extension, and I've just made the nasty discovery that > > > a bunch of links that had been returning 404, which I had been assuming > > > were dead links, were actually perfectly valid pages, which Firefox had > > > been "upgrading" to HTTPS, and then getting 404s from web servers that > > > weren't offering them via HTTPS (but still apparently accepting > > > connections via HTTPS). Clicking on the little lock icon and turning > > > HTTPS-Only mode off for the website doesn't seem to have any effect - > > > the only thing that lets me actually access these pages is turning off > > > HTTPS-Only mode via the general Settings page (or about:config). > > > > > > When the website doesn't offer HTTPS at all, then Firefox offers to > > > connect via HTTP, after a warning, and that's fine. But having pages > > > become completely inaccessible is intolerable - I now have to check > > > every 404 I get by turning off HTTPS-Only mode and seeing if the > > > page is actually there. Am I missing something here, or is HTTPS-Only > > > mode just badly broken? > > > > It certainly works fine for me. I use https only mode for many months > > now. Can you bring an example of a page which returns good page on http, > > but 404 error on https? > > http://www.daat.ac.il/ > https://www.daat.ac.il/ > > Celejar >
Indeed: A "Universe Site" that I host on Linode doesn't use https. So, https://eyeblinkuniverse.com -- doesn't work: "Problem loading page - Unable to connect" http://eyeblinkuniverse.com -- Works properly on my version of Firefox: Firefox 78.9.0esr (64-bit) on Debian Bullseye. Does this mean that I can look forward to this failure, when the new Firefox comes out? Why can't people still make simple, text-based web pages that can be read to a Blind Person? See, I don't do forms, data entry, or anything on my opening screens. For that, it links to a Blogspot, which uses some of Google's Bells and Whistles. In other words, is this the end of the "Simple Web"? Thanks! Kenneth Parker
