[Python-Dev] https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html not linking correctly

[MRAB]

On 2014-10-21 01:39, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 10/20/2014 7:29 PM, MRAB wrote:
>> On 2014-10-21 00:09, Eli Bendersky wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu
>>> <mailto:tjreedy at udel.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     If I go to https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html and click on
>>>     any of the TOC entries, I get 'connecting' indefinitely.  This
>>>     problem seems unique to this file. I tried several other index files
>>>     and clicking am entry brings up the corresponding page almost
>>>     immediately.
>>>
>>>
>>> Works fine for me, Terry, in both Chrome and Firefox. Could be something
>>> in your browser/caching? Try "private mode" or whatever that's called in
>>> your browser of choice.
>>>
>> Just tried the first link:
>>
>> https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html
>>
>> I also get 'Connecting' indefinitely.
>>
>> So I tested the link here:
>>
>> http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
>>
>> It said: "It's not just you! http://https looks down from here."
>
> I am using Firefox, but the difference is that by happenstance, I was in
> privacy mode (perhaps for the first time with python.org -- I want the
> docs in the cache and history list -- because I accessed the docs to
> answer a StackOverflow question.) It is not just that document but also
> Execution model and Expression in Reference.  (I tried each 3 times
> minutes apart.)  I have not had a similiar problem with any Arstechnica
> or StackOverflow pages, or similar sites.
>
> So the solution for me is to use normal mode, but something seems not
> quite right in the interaction between privacy mode Firefox and python.org.
>
> No problem I could find with Internet Explorer's 'In Privacy' mode.
>
I have/had occasional problems even though I was using normal mode.