Various options in Network Conditions Tool
The various network-related options provided by the tool are:
- Caching: If disable cache is checked, then the browser will not cache resources so that you can inspect the raw requests and responses of the web page.
- Network throttling: You can emulate various network speeds, such as fast/slow 3G and offline, using this drop-down list. You can also add your own custom profile by providing a name, download/upload, and latency.
- User agent: You can change the user agent of your web page if it requires a user agent string to render. You get a predefined user agent, but if you want, you can also add a custom user agent by changing the name and pressing the update button after changing the user agent client hits, which are:
- User agent: Here you can add the browser brand name and significant version. Use the add and delete button to add or remove multiple brand and version pairs.
- Full version list: Here you provide the browser brand name and version of various devices that the browser supports. Use the add and delete button to add or remove multiple brand and version pairs.
- Full browser version: Provide the full version of the browser that is traditionally used by the browser’s developers and not advertised to the public.
- Platform: Here you provide the platform name, such as Windows or Android, along with the version of the platform.
- Architecture: Here you provide the CPU architecture, such as x64 or x86.
- Device model: Here you provide the device name and check the mobile checkbox if it’s a mobile.
- Accepted Content-Encodings: You can change the content-encoding HTTP header values that are supported by the browser. This header is mainly used to compress the web page files downloaded over HTTP by the browser.
Network Conditions Tool in Microsoft Edge Browser
The Network Conditions Tool provides various options to simulate the various network conditions, which helps to check the web page behavior in real-life situations where the network conditions vary a lot. The conditions the toll provides are disabling cache, network throttling, user agents, and accepted content encodings.
Table of Content
- Benefits of the Network Conditions Tool
- How to open the Network Conditions Tool in Edge
- Various options in Network Conditions Tool
- Showing usage of Network Conditions Tool
- Conclusion