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Capture Network Logs (NetLog) from Edge and Chrome (and Electron and WebView2)

Problems in accessing websites can often be found and fixed if the network traffic between the browser and the website is captured as the problem occurs and the resulting log file is shared with engineers. This short post explains how to capture such log files. Capturing Network Traffic Logs If someone asked you to readContinue reading “Capture Network Logs (NetLog) from Edge and Chrome (and Electron and WebView2)”

Disabling TLS/1.0 and TLS/1.1 in the new Edge Browser

UPDATE: Timelines in this post were updated in March 2020, October 2020, April 2021, and October 2021 to reflect the best available information. HTTPS traffic is encrypted and protected from snooping and modification by an underlying protocol called Transport Layer Security (TLS). Disabling outdated versions of the TLS security protocol will help move the webContinue reading “Disabling TLS/1.0 and TLS/1.1 in the new Edge Browser”

WebOCs and HTTP/2

If you’ve built an application using the old Web Browser Control (mshtml, aka Internet Explorer), you might notice that by default it does not support HTTP/2. For instance, a trivial WebOC host loading Akamai’s HTTP2 test page: When your program is running on any build of Windows 10, you can set a Feature Control KeyContinue reading “WebOCs and HTTP/2”

The Pitfalls of EventSource over HTTP/1.1

While there are many different ways for servers to stream data to clients, the Server-sent Events / EventSource Interface is one of the simplest. Your code simply creates an EventSource and then subscribes to its onmessage callback: Implementing the server side is almost as simple: your handler just prefaces each piece of data it wantsContinue reading “The Pitfalls of EventSource over HTTP/1.1”

AppOrWeb-to-WebApp Communication: Custom Scheme Handlers

I’ve previously written about Web-to-App communication via Application Protocols. App Protocols allow web content to invoke a native application outside of the browser. WebApp advocates (like me!) want to continue to close the native/browser gaps that prevent web applications from becoming full-fledged replacements for native apps. To that end, I’ve recently spent some time lookingContinue reading “AppOrWeb-to-WebApp Communication: Custom Scheme Handlers”