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That MSIE image shows exactly what's wrong with this approach. The message is far too general. It should say something like the browser attempted to make a
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
That MSIE image shows exactly what's wrong with this approach. The message is far too general. It should say something like
the browser attempted to make a secure connection to ...
but the browser and the website were unable to agree
on the protocol ...
Saying "click the refresh button" doesn't help in this situation, and the browser knows it.
I'm not a UI expert. Someone smarter than me would doubtlessly phrase it much better than I did. The point is, the error message should be much more specific than it is.
- prdonahue 11y agoUnfortunately, the browser does not "know it". This is IE6 on Windows XP SP2. That browser is quite old and wasn't build with SHA-2 support, hence the inability to validate the certificate presented by Google.