Monthly Archives: April 2008

Fixing the ‘Do you want to display nonsecure items’ message

Have you ever been to a web site and seen this?

This warning is triggered in IE if it is displaying a secure HTTPS page that has caused a non-secure (i.e. HTTP based) resource to be downloaded. The message box doesn’t allow the user to control whether the non-secure content should be downloaded, only whether it should be displayed. 
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What are people saying about HttpWatch?

Here’s a summary of some recent blog posts that have mentioned HttpWatch:
“My team has been using HttpWatch for a few months now to analyze the client side performance of SkyDrive.  Previously, I had relied on some internal tools we use that are based on NetMon, as well as Fiddler and Firebug with the YSlow plugin.  […]

The Performance Benefits of Ajax

Web 2.0 is a term often used to describe next generation web sites that have moved beyond the simple page request->process->response cycle and are utilizing services on the web server to return data that can be rendered without making page transitions. The result is often a more responsive user interface that closely mimics a desktop application.
The […]