Clik here to view.
Security UI in Chrome
The combined address box and search bar at the top of the Chrome window is called the omnibox. The icon and optional verbose state text adjacent to that icon are collectively known as the Security...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inspecting Certificates in Chrome
With a check-in on Monday night, Chrome Canary build 60.0.3088 regained a quick path to view certificates from the top-level security UI. When the new feature is enabled, you can just click the lock...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Edge EV UI Requires SmartScreen
A user recently noticed that when loading Paypal.com in Microsoft Edge, the UI shown was the default HTTPS UI (a gray lock): Instead of the fancier “green” UI shown for servers that present Extended...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Avoiding Unexpected Navigation
For over twenty years, browsers broadly supported two features that were often convenient but sometimes accidentally invoked, leading to data loss. The first feature was that hitting backspace would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inspecting Certificates in Edge
Curious about how to see a website’s HTTPS certificate in Microsoft Edge? You’ve got two options: A companion post to 2017’s post Inspecting Certificates in Chrome.
View ArticleSpooky: Enhancing Dark Mode in Chromium
I am not really a fan of Dark Mode — I like my screens bright and shiny. But it’s October, and it’s sometimes fun to make things dark and spooky. Some users of my Show Browser Version extension wanted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Q: Why do tabs sometimes show an orange dot?
Sometimes, you’ll notice that a background tab has an orange dot on it in Edge (or a blue dot in Chrome). If you click on the tab, the dot disappears. The center tab has an orange dot which is not a...
View Article
