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Xbap arrow keys jump to the address bar

In an xbap application, when navigating listboxes, comboboxes etc with the arrowkeys, reaching the end of the list will result in focus jumping to the addressbar of the browser. Very annoying.. Any ideas on how to avoid this behaviour? ...

PHP: Filter MYSQL array

Hey, I'm developing an visits counter and I'd like to increase a number depending on the browser and the operating system. For example: Firefox Mac OS X Safari Mac OS X Firefox Mac OS X Firefox Linux Then the website would display Safari on Mac OS X 1 visit Firefox on Mac OS X 2 visits Fire...

Possible reasons for a browser executing GET rather than post

One of our most common error situations in a web application is that a user executes a GET request where the form should have submitted a POST. I realize that the most likely case is that they got to the page (by way of a POST) and then clicked in the address bar and hit enter. The question is, are there other less obvious ways that t...

Where is the JavaScript DOM API documented?

Hi there, I am a C/C++ programmer, and I am currently playing with some Javascript code, and I am having problems finding where the documentation is for the standard Javascript libraries that are available in the browser. Specifically, I am setting an onload callback function on a HTMLImageElement, created with new Image(). I also want...

How would I confirm a successful download in a browser without using ActiveX/Java?

Client is building a web based Digital Asset Management system. Here is the scenario: We have a large file, say 100 MB or more. Client needs to track both when a download of that file is requested (easy) and then if that download was successful. The large file takes a while to download, so almost needs some kind of callback of when t...

Java embedded browser with resources in memory

We have a Java desktop app with an embedded browser, now using XULRunner (Firefox engine) on SWT. This browser's API allows us to load webs specifying an URI or its HTML content. What we need is to load HTML webpages including resources but being everything in memory. The best solution would be to provide a listener used when the engine ...

[Android]Find out which browsers are installed?

Hello, I'm looking for a way to find out which browsers are installed on the Android Smartphone and their package names. Why do I need it? Well basically, my App reacts on certain URLs, i.e. http://bit.ly, so when the click such an he will get an choice in which App to open it. So far everything is working as intended. If the user...

Why does SWFObject work in chrome yet not IE/FF? (example included)

Am I using the code improperly or is there a flaw in SWFObject? If you go to the URL below you can see that it the flash file (an MP3 player) shows up perfectly fine in Chrome. However, in both Firefox and IE8 it loads a blank white box. If you mouse over the box the pointer changes to a hand as if its registering the buttons, just not a...

How to import a SSL certificate file with SWT Browser

Hello, With SWT Browser, is there any way to import a SSL certificate file into Java and make it work with SWT Browser? With Firefox, you can import it by Edit-Preferences-Advanced-Encryption-View Certificates-Import command, but since Mozilla doesn't share profile with each other, we are not able to reuse that. Is there any way? A...

Anchor tag becomes non-working link in a div with float: right;

I have a link inside a div that floats to the right of the screen. The link does not work in FF or Chrome, but works in IE (have only tested with IE8). The simplest example looks like this: <html> <head> <title>test</title> <style type="text/css"> #logo { left:10px; float:left; top:10px; } #feedback { float: right; } ul#menu { ...

Do Windows versions matter when doing browser testing?

I'm testing IE7, IE8, Safari, Chrome and Firefox. It would be pretty less boring if you guys told me that I don't need to test for XP, Vista and 7, since there's no difference. Thanks ...

HTML5 audio codecs, support for other formats besides OGG

I started tinkering around with HTML5 recently and am very interested in Audio tag. Though one thing immediately came to my attention, it appears that OGG is the only format supported in Firefox! I understand that this is because MP3 and other codecs are proprietary software and require a license to use. But how is HTML5 Audio (and Vid...

How to intercept Windows' "open URL insystem default browser" functionality

Hello, I need to know where/how Windows stores the command that passes the URL clicked in a non-browser program (i.e. Thunderbird) and launches it in the systems default browser. I need that information to write a script that allows me to have a browser running in a secure sand boxed virtual machine, but still retain the functionality o...

How to make IE8 only to work in compatibility mode?

IE8 has it's own bugs which are not present in IE6, IE7, IE8 compat. mode and IE9 beta... i.e.: http://forum.jquery.com/topic/hidden-visible-broken-in-ie8 Is there any way to force compatibility mode for IE8 only? When i try to put in the header something like:   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=IE7; IE9" /> IE8 doc...

A few questions regarding CACHE MANIFEST syntax/limitations

I could not find any answers to the following questions, so where better than to ask on StackOverflow? :) Can I use full absolute URL's in my CACHE MANIFEST file? Example: CACHE MANIFEST http://www.example.com/css/stylesheet.css http://www.example.com/img/image.png Will the browser cache files on a different domain than the origin i...

Is there any other way besides browser extensions that one could have a GUI bar hover over any website a user visits?

Goal I want to create a web app with a horizontal GUI bar that floats with the user as they move from site to site. e.g. A user will sign into the web at the home page and then proceed to say Google to start searching for their topic. Once they are signed in and leave the web app homepage a horizontal GUI bar will appear on each page th...

Scroll mouse makes web page go left & right?

I found a perfect example of this here http://www.thehorizontalway.com/. Anyone know how their doing it? Why is it only working in firefox for me? ...

Same image displaying differently in different browsers

Here is an image: When I load this image in different browsers, it shows differently. Take a look at the result: I spent a lot of time on this, but I can't understand why it happens. I have only theories: something wrong with color profiles, or bad image structure, or something else - maybe special copyright measures? Why is this ...

Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol

I know that the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol is a joke, but is there say a joke browser that supports htcpcp? ...

Can browsers connec to a proxy over SSL/TLS?

If I set up a proxy (such as Squid for example) configured with certs to listen for HTTPS are browsers able to connect to the proxy over TLS/SSL? Example of what I'm asking: Browser Proxy Server yahoo.com -> TLS -> Squid -> HTTP -> yahoo.com I've set up a proxy listening on 443, but am not having success getting...