I need to decrement a Javascript date by 1 day, so that it rolls back across months/years correctly. That is, if I have a date of 'Today', I want to get the date for 'Yesterday'. It always seems to take more code than necessary when I do this, so I wonder if there's a simple way. What's the simplest way of doing this? [Edit: Just t...
One of the joys of working for a government healthcare agency is having to deal with all of the paranoia around dealing with PHI (Protected Health Information). Don't get me wrong, I'm all for doing everything possible to protect people's personal information (health, financial, surfing habits, etc.), but sometimes people get a little to...
Are there any lists of browser CSS defaults? (browser stylsheets in tabular form) I want to know the default font of textareas across all browsers and also for future reference. ...
Internet Explorer has a file download limit of 4GB (2 GB on IE6). Firefox does not have this problem (haven't tested safari yet) (More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298618) I am working on a site that will allow the user to download very large files (up to and exceeding 100GB) What is the best way to do this without using...
How do I make a user's browser blink/flash/highlight in the task bar using JavaScript? For example, if I make an AJAX request every 10 seconds to see if the user has any new messages on the server, I want the user to know it right away, even if he is using another application at the time. Edit: These users do want to be distracted when ...
I'm trying to get some stats on how many of the visitors to our website have Silverlight enabled browsers. We currently use Google Analytics for the rest of our stats so ideally we'd like to just add 'Silverlight enabled' tracking in with the rest of our Google Analytics stats. But if it has to get written out to a DB etc then so be ...
I am in a position where I can choose the client browser for my web app. The app is being used internally, and we are installing each client "manually".I would like to find a better solution for the browser,so : What is a good browser that I can use as a client to a web application? General functionalities I would like to have: openi...
Is it a deliberate design decision or a problem with our current day browsers which will be rectified in the coming versions? ...
After test driving Google Chrome for 30 minutes or so, I like it, even if it seems bare-bones at the moment. The obvious way to add a few things I can't live without would be through plugins. Does anyone have any links to resources on how to get started building a plugin/addon for Chrome? Thanks. ...
What are the main differences (if any) between the box models of IE8 and Firefox3? Are they the same now? What are the other main differences between these two browsers? Can a web developer assume that these two browsers as the same since they (seem to) support the latest web standards? ...
I've seen people doing things like this in their HTML: <!--[if IE]> <link rel="stylesheet" href="ie.css" type="text/css" /> <![endif]--> Does this work across all modern browsers and is there a list of browser types that will work with that kind of if statement? Edit Thanks Ross. Interesting to find out about gt, lt, gte, & lte. ...
I have the task of developing an online examination software for a small university, I need to implement measures to prevent cheating... What are your ideas on how to do this? I would like to possibly disable all IE / firefox tabs, or some how log internet activity so I know if they are googling anwsers...is there any realistic way to...
I want to put songs on a web page and have a little play button, like you can see on Last.fm or Pandora. There can be multiple songs listed on the site, and if you start playing a different song with one already playing, it will pause the first track and begin playing the one you just clicked on. I think they use Flash for this, and I co...
Is there a way to embed a browser in Java? ...
Is it possible to detect when the user clicks on the browser's back button? I have an Ajax application and if I can detect when the user clicks on the back button I can display the appropriate data back Any solution using PHP, JavaScript is preferable. Hell a solution in any language is fine, just need something that I can translate t...
Firefox has Web Developer plugin and Firebug for troubleshooting html/css/javascript issues. Google Chrome and Safari have a very similar console and right-click options for "Inspect Element". Does IE7 have anything similar for troubleshooting layout/html/css issues? ...
Some common pitfalls I should keep in mind? ...
You can use more than one css class in an HTML tag in current web browsers, e.g.: <div class="style1 style2 style3">foo bar</div> This hasn't always worked; with which versions did the major browsers begin correctly supporting this feature? ...
I've been utlising a "web browser control" in desktop based applications (in my case Windows Forms .NET) for a number of years. I mostly use it to create a familiar flow-based user interface that also allows a seamless transition to the internet where required. I'm really tired of the IE browser control because of the poor quality html...
I have some website which requires a logon and shows sensitive information. The person goes to the page, is prompted to log in, then gets to see the information. The person logs out of the site, and is redirected back to the login page. The person then can hit "back" and go right back to the page where the sensitive information is con...