This issue report complains that Edge doesn’t stream AAC files and instead tries to download them. It notes that, in contrast, URLs that point to MP3s result in a simple audio player loading inside the browser. Edge has always supported AAC so what’s going on? The issue here isn’t about AAC, per-se; it’s instead about whether or notContinue reading “Streaming Audio in Edge”
Category Archives: browsers
Cookie Limits
I’ve been writing about Cookies a lot recently, and also did so almost a decade ago. Edge/IE cookie limits The June 1018 Cumulative Updates increased the per-domain cookie limit from 50 to 180 for IE and Edge Legacy across Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 (TH1 to RS2). This higher limit matches Chrome’s cookie jar. InContinue reading “Cookie Limits”
Cookie Controls, Revisited
Update: The October 2018 Cumulative Security Update (KB4462919) brings the RS5 Cookie Control changes described below to Windows 10 RS2, RS3, and RS4. Note: Most of the content about “Edge” in this post describes Edge Legacy– modern Edge is based on Chromium and behaves mostly like Chrome. See more discussion of 3P cookies in 2022’s NewContinue reading “Cookie Controls, Revisited”
Firefox and Fiddler – Easier than Ever
In a world where software and systems seem to march inexorably toward complexity, I love it when things get simpler. Years ago, Firefox required non-obvious configuration changes to even send traffic to Fiddler. Eventually, Mozilla changed their default behavior on Windows to adopt the system’s proxy, meaning that Firefox would automatically use Fiddler when it was attached,Continue reading “Firefox and Fiddler – Easier than Ever”
Chrome Sync
Disclaimer: Hi. I’m an engineer on the Edge browser now, but worked on Chrome Security for a bit over two years. I speak for no one but myself, and I share no internal or confidential information in this post. Update: The Chrome team announced upcoming changes based on user-feedback. This weekend, there were a bunchContinue reading “Chrome Sync”
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