For security reasons, Edge 76+ and Chrome impose a number of restrictions on file:// URLs, including forbidding navigation to file:// URLs from non-file:// URLs. If a browser user clicks on a file:// link on an https-delivered webpage, nothing visibly happens. If you open the the Developer Tools console, you’ll see a note: “Not allowed to load local resource:Continue reading “Restrictions on File Urls”
Tag Archives: compatibility
Edge79+ vs. Edge18 vs. Chrome
Note: I expect to update this post over time. Last update: 7/24/2020. Compatibility Deltas As our new Edge Insider builds roll out to the public, we’re starting to triage reports of compatibility issues where Edge79+ (the new Chromium-based Edge, aka Anaheim) behaves differently than the old Edge (Edge18, aka Spartan, aka Edge Legacy) and/or GoogleContinue reading “Edge79+ vs. Edge18 vs. Chrome”
Script-Generated Download Files
As we finish up the next release of Windows 10, my team is hard at work triaging incoming bugs. Here’s a pattern that has come up a few times this month: Bug: I click download in Edge: …but I end up on an error page: Womp womp. If you watch the network traffic, you’ll seeContinue reading “Script-Generated Download Files”
TLS Fallbacks are Dead
Just over 5 years ago, I wrote a blog post titled “Misbehaving HTTPS Servers Impair TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2.” In that post, I noted that enabling versions 1.1 and 1.2 of the TLS protocol in IE would cause some sites to load more slowly, or fail to load at all. Sites that failedContinue reading “TLS Fallbacks are Dead”
