I’ve written about Browser Proxy Configuration a few times over the years, and I’m delighted that Chromium has accurate & up-to-date documentation for its proxy support. Chromium’s PAC fetching code (and the code that calls it) is also quite readable with many comments. One thing I’d like to call out is that Microsoft Edge’s newContinue reading “Debugging Proxy Configuration Scripts in the new Edge”
Tag Archives: Edge
Enigma Conference 2020 – Browser Privacy Panel
Brave, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge presented on our current privacy work at the Enigma 2020 conference in late January. The talks were mostly high-level, but there were a few feature-level slides for each browser. My ~10 minute presentation on Microsoft Edge was first, followed by Firefox, Chrome, and Brave. At 40 minutesContinue reading “Enigma Conference 2020 – Browser Privacy Panel”
“Can I… in the new Edge?” (Un-FAQ)
This post is intended to collect a random set of questions I’ve been asked multiple times about the new Chromium-based Edge. I’ll add to it over time. I wouldn’t call this a FAQ because these questions, while repeated, are not frequently asked. Last Update: Sept 25, 2024 Can I get a list of all supportedContinue reading ““Can I… in the new Edge?” (Un-FAQ)”
Bypassing AppProtocol Prompts
Starting in Microsoft Edge 77 (and Chrome 77), the prompt shown when launching an AppProtocol from the browser was changed to remove the “Always allow” checkbox. That change was made, in large part, because this prompt is the only thing standing between every arbitrary site on the Internet (loaded inside your browser’s sandbox) and aContinue reading “Bypassing AppProtocol Prompts”
Microsoft’s Three Browsers
It’s an interesting time. Microsoft now maintains three different web browsers: Internet Explorer 11 Microsoft Edge Legacy (Spartan, v18 and below) Chromium-based Microsoft Edge (v79+) If you’re using Internet Explorer 11, you should stop; sometimes, this is easier said than done. If you’re using Legacy Microsoft Edge, you should upgrade to the new Microsoft EdgeContinue reading “Microsoft’s Three Browsers”
Retiring Internet Explorer
Prelude In late 2004, I was the Program Manager for Microsoft’s clipart website, delivering a million pieces of clipart to Microsoft Office customers every day. It was great fun. But there was a problem– our “Clip of the Day” feature, meant to spotlight a new and topical piece of clipart every day, wasn’t changing asContinue reading “Retiring Internet Explorer”
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)”
Improving Privacy by Limiting Referrers
Updated July 31, 2020 to reflect changes planned to ship in Chrome 85 and Edge 86. As your browser navigates from page to page, servers are informed of the URL from where you’ve come from using the Referer HTTP header1; the document.referrer DOM property reveals the same information to JavaScript. Similarly, as the browser downloads theContinue reading “Improving Privacy by Limiting Referrers”
Aw, snap! What if Every Tab Crashes?
Update: I wrote a more comprehensive post about troubleshooting browser crashes. For a small number of users of Chromium-based browsers (including Chrome and the new Microsoft Edge) on Windows 10, after updating to 78.0.3875.0, every new tab crashes immediately when the browser starts. Impacted users can open as many new tabs as they like, butContinue reading “Aw, snap! What if Every Tab Crashes?”
Livin’ on the Edge: Root Causing Regressions
As we’ve been working to replatform the new Microsoft Edge browser atop Chromium, one interesting outcome has been early exposure to a lot more bugs in Chromium. Rapidly root-causing these regressions (bugs in scenarios that used to work correctly) has been a high-priority activity to help ensure Edge users have a good experience with ourContinue reading “Livin’ on the Edge: Root Causing Regressions”
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