Display not updated after submitting an answer

When I write an answer in the forum and hit the "Submit" button, nothing happens on my screen. The answer does not appear and the editing window is kept open. When I hit the reload button of Firefox, the browser asks me if I want to leave or stay on the page. And when I dare to leave it and allow a reload, my answer appears as expected.

One week ago I did not have this problem. It might be caused by my script blocker NoScript, and I see a longer list of blocked external sites now:

 demdex.net, quantserv.com, en25.com, s3amazonaws.com, omtrdc.com, googleadservices.com

While I trust mathworks.com, I do not necessarily see a reason to let e.g. Google and Amazon track me, when I'm in the forum.

Do you have these display problems also? Would allowing all these services fix this problem, but am I really forced to trust them? Where can I find a description, which data are delivered to Google's ad-service?

[Star Strider]

I reported that as a website problem (I called it ‘server error’) two days ago, but the web email submitted through the TMW website bounced. I forwarded that email to someone else at TMW but the problem recurred again last night. I also got redirected to a page that said something about the website experiencing high traffic during those times.

I wonder if MATLAB Answers might be experiencing some sort of DOS attack, but we’re not seeing it because the SPAM filter is now more effective and selective.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

I am seeing the problem when I Answer (almost always tonight), or Comment (more often than not), but not when I edit a posting.

I am running NoScript as well, but I have not tried turning it off -- I had presumed the fault was on Mathwork's end. I will see what happens when I submit this Answer.

[Walter Roberson]

That worked, but so did answering with it still on. I will test further.

[Rena Berman]

(Answers Developer) You may have experienced issues last night since while we were updating the website. It’s unlikely that your script blocker would prevent you from submitting answers. Can you let us know if you continue to see issues later in the day.

[Jan]

@Rena: Can you explain me, what these services track when I'm reading or writing in this forum?

demdex.net, quantserv.com, en25.com, s3amazonaws.com, omtrdc.com, googleadservices.com

[Jan]

Wow, now it's totally confused. My comments are submitted several times. The display is updated, but the message "Do you want to leave the page" is shown in all cases. When I decide to leave the page, I get the error message:

 The page you were looking for doesn't exist.
 You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved.

[Rena Berman]

(Answers Developer) Jan are you still experiencing problems? I will check on the services for you.

[Walter Roberson]

The seeming-to-not-save problem is back today. I can tell from the repeated posts of other people that the problem has been bad for about the last 8 hours. Currently, in all cases, when Submit is clicked, an instant later we are back to Submit with no indication that the data has been saved; this is happening even for editing (which previously was exempt.)

I closed my browser and re-entered in case I had a bad session.

(Firefox, OS-X)

[Walter Roberson]

Sorting by last activity or last asked is broken again :(

[Rena Berman]

(Answers Developer) Jan, I looked into demdex.net, quantserv.com, en25.com, s3amazonaws.com, omtrdc.com, and googleadservices.com for you. These scripts all support our efforts in Web analytics & reporting.