"Oops, Log in to network, etc."

claustromaniac / httpz

Fat-free hardenable opportunistic encryption for Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/httpz/

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"Oops, Log in to network, etc." #34

Closed eleius closed 5 years ago

eleius commented 5 years ago

I'm using Httpz in "automatic mode". When visiting several http sites I have bookmarked (for example: http://www.easysurf.cc/scintd.htm), I briefly see an error page with the following lines before seeing the correct page:

Oops. Log in to network Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site. File not found Access to the file was denied Hmm. That address doesn’t look right. The address wasn’t understood etc...

It only happens the first time I visit a website.

I searched and saw something similar reported at https://github.com/claustromaniac/httpz/issues/2

Madis0 commented 5 years ago

When the initial request over HTTPS results in an error, Firefox starts loading an internal page that describes the error. HTTPZ does not wait for Firefox to finish loading those error pages, it immediately retries the request over HTTP, which causes them to load partially, and it does not look good. This is only a cosmetic issue, and a negligible one at that.

readme.md

eleius commented 5 years ago

Well, I thought the error page was a custom one and that it could be simply bypassed when automatic mode is on. But re-reading that paragraph it says it's an internal one used by Firefox, so I guess the author can't do much about it. Nevermind then.

claustromaniac commented 5 years ago

For what it's worth, with auto mode off (AKA manual mode), you never get to see these, because the error page displayed by this extension (in manual mode) loads immediately.