Error when trying to log in to outlook using Firefox

There's another trick that works for me about half the time. I have Outlook.com bookmarked on the Firefox bookmarks toolbar. After signing in to Outlook.com, when the secure connection error message appears, I just keep clicking on the Outlook icon on the toolbar, and after about six reappearances of the error message, the "opening your inbox" page appears, and it works. If clicking on the icon doesn't work after a dozen times, sometimes closing the tab and opening a new one, then clicking, works.

I have no idea why this works, and only some of the time.

This is usually a very easy fix if you are clicking on a link you created for your Hotmail account. From time to time, MS changes it's web address slightly and if you use your old link you will get the indicated error message. All you need to do is go to the Hotmail login window without using the link and you should be able to to login in. Once you do replace your old link with a new link..

I found this.

https://portal.office.com/servicestatus

I was speaking to Microsoft Support via their Chat and they didn't know about it.  I showed them that link and WOW.  They are going to put up a post about this situation.

At least it's not as bad as the time Microsoft actually forgot to renew their passport.comdomain and no one could get to Hotmail. It expired around Christmas in 1999, and some "good guy" paid money to renew it, and saved Microsoft's butt.

https://slashdot.org/story/99/12/25/114201/microsoft-hotmailpassport-service-interruptedupdated

Full Story from the person who renewed it:

http://www.doublewide.net/

But once is never enough...forward to 2003:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/06/microsoft_forgets_to_renew_hotmail/

Nope, not fixed yet here... :-(

Has anyone found a work-around for getting Outlook 2016 to work?