Main page content only there for a few seconds

[ryanhuber]

Hitting <esc> to stop the switching doesn't work for me, either.

You gotta be fast. You may not want to wait for the first page to fully load. This is in Chrome. I don't know if it works in other browsers.

Thanks for the tip about hitting <ESC> really fast while the page starts loading! That worked if I tried multiple times. The problem seems to have gone away for me now. And just to confirm, I was also using the Chrome browser, so it did seem to be correlated with that.

[rmrichesjr]

So much for clearing browser cache and deleting cookies. The problem just showed up for me today. I'm using Firefox ESR. For me, hitting <ESC> (even repeatedly) while doing a regular page refresh has not stopped the redirection, and hitting <ESC> on a full page reload (control-shift-R) sometimes blocks the normal page from loading all the images but does not reliably stop the redirection. I sent feedback. Sending feedback is important, because that's how problems are officially tracked.

[MurdockM]

It also happens when using Microsoft Edge on my desktop.
And happens with a fresh install of Avast secure browser (based on chrome) on my desktop.

It does not happen using firefox on my desktop.

it does happen using Firefox on my Android phone.

PS: And one time only, it switched to an entirely different Come unto Christ(?) web page. Not having the banner with the young girl singing.

[lajackson]

It does not happen using firefox on my desktop.

I use Firefox 101.0.1 on my laptop with Win10 and redirection started earlier this week. I have not been able to stop it or get back to the main page using any of my tricks, even the nefarious ones.

It is frustrating, because some links are available on the real home page that are not available after redirection.

[rmrichesjr]

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It is frustrating, because some links are available on the real home page that are not available after redirection.

Shot in the dark: If you do 'View Source' (Control-U in some browsers) during the time the real/normal main page is up, that might give you access to the links.

PS: I'm seeing the problematic symptoms with Firefox ESR (91.11.0esr (64-bit)) on a Linux desktop.

[aberglun]

Out of curiosity, I tried a file comparison of the Source Page texts for both the Home Page and the Redirected Page. There are 10 lines with differences. They consist of short snipits of encoding string changes (one of the lines is completely different). I suspect that the real key differences are deeper down in an included file, ... kind of like the inclusion of CSS files. I sent a Feedback to the Web Techs for that page. Hopefully they will respond back.

[MurdockM]

(Another shot in the dark)

I just checked Firefox again on my desktop. Waited 10 min and also clicked on some links. Reloaded the page a few times. The web page did not make the switch.
This is with Firefox 102.0.1 (64bit) on Windows 10 Pro (21H2)

I use Firefox 101.0.1 on my laptop with Win10 and redirection started earlier this week. I have not been able to stop it or get back to the main page using any of my tricks, even the nefarious ones.

It is frustrating, because some links are available on the real home page that are not available after redirection.