On 12/10/2016, Rainer Bielefeld <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > on some (few) web pages I can not reach the linked contents because my > unofficial en-US SeaMonkey 2.49a1 (NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) > Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 Build 20160930004545 (Default Classic > Theme) on German WIN7 64bit with my normal User Profile automatically > replaces "http" in URL by "https". > > Example: > 1. In Browser visit <http://www.draytek.de/> > 2. In page contents heading line > ˋclick downloads - Firmwareˊ > Expected: <http://myvigoreu.draytek.com/download_de/> opens > Actual: <https://myvigoreu.draytek.com/download_de/> will > not open because it does not exist. So Error 404. > > I see that after a short moment in URL bar "http" becomes replaced by > "https" > > This also happens in Safe Mode without add-ons > No problem in a newly created User Profile. > So this problem seems to be caused by my preferences, but I can't find > the responsible one. > > Any ideas? > > Best Regards > > Rainer > _______________________________________________ > support-seamonkey mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey >
Hello. It is my understanding, and, I accept correction, if I am wrong, that many web sites have been changed to https, for the sake of web site security; to try to prevent their web sites from being breached and malicious material being inserted on their web sites. From what I understand, the changing to https, has nothing to do with the web browser being used (although, I have found that some of the web browsers that I use, have problems with https, or, with some https web sites), but, is instead, solely the intent of the web site developers and maintainers. As I stated, I stand to be corrected, if I am wrong. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
