SoftMaker User Forum is broken

[Woody44]

Since about a week ago I have found that I am unable to post on this site when using Firefox, which has been my browser of choice for ... well, for a very long time. I only started noticing problems about a week (or so) ago. I don't have a problem viewing discussions, but if I try to post a response or a new topic, the system just sits there and churns for a while, then it eventually times out.

I finally had to use Microsoft Edge to be able to post, but I don't like Edge and I try not to use it. Why doesn't your system work with Firefox? The version is 140.4 ESR.

[Jossi]

You are not alone. I am working with Firefox 144.0.2 on a Mac and have been unable to get access to the forum using Firefox for the last ten days or so. I have already reported the issue in the German forum. Every time I try to log in, I get a timeout error message. The funny thing is that the Login actually works, but Firefox cannot display the forum page afterwards: When I go to the forum via the SoftMaker Homepage after getting the timeout message, I am logged in and can read the forum posts. When I try to post something, it's the timeout message again, but my posting actually goes through as I can see it afterwards.

This is definitely a Firefox-only problem. All other browsers work fine. I had to switch to Safari to get access to the forum. I suspect that nothing is wrong with the forum at all, but there‘s a bug in Firefox.

[martin-k]

This problem is fixed now. Basically all http connection failed, only https worked. You saw this only in Firefox because all other browsers silently switch to https when http fails.

[Woody44]

Thank you. Having to resort to Edge was an unhappy moment.