browser

Help needed in figuring out validation and display issues !!

Hi all, I am developing a website for a friend which was earlier developed by some other guy, basically i am a php pro and dont ve much experience in html (or untill now) ... now, i am trying to validate my webpage, earlier it was showing 162 errors, i ve brought it down to 1 error (thankyou) ... ha ha earlier with 162 errors, it was ...

HTML border differences in FF and IE

I'm having some trouble identifying the problem with my html code. I've created a table and it is like this on Internet Explorer (which is the result I'm looking for): But it comes up like this on Firefox: ...and I don't know how to fix this. Please help, thanks. ...

link to Print in a webpage

Hi, Can I put a link on my webpage to the Printer ? To go to the same page like Ctrl-P goes in Firefox, IE. Thank you. ...

Is there a way to have browsers ignore or override xml-stylesheet processing instructions?

I'm trying to write a bookmarklet to help some QA testers submit useful debugging information when they come across issues. Currently I can set window.location to a URL that provides this debugging information, but this resource is an XML document with an xml-stylesheet processing directive. It would actually be more convenient if the t...

Can I store custom attributes in HTML DOM like a database record?

When developing for browsers FF3 and IE6/7 with jQuery, are there any compatibility issues when setting custom attributes on HTML tags? First, I'm aware of jQuery's data() function and it essentially does what I want, but the data doesn't survive a clone() function. This is an issue when using the jQuery UI draggable/droppable plugins ...

Can the parent window be notified when a child window closes? (on a diff domain)

Can the parent window be notified when a child window closes? (on a different domain?) Trying to get around the window.opener not working when on different domains. Can I at least be notified somehow when the child window closes? ...

Preventing Browser Text Input Suggestions

Possible Duplicate: How do you disable browser Autocomplete on web form field / input tag? I am building my own local search UI element that gives local search suggestions as you type. The problem I am having is that when I focus on the html text input element my browser (Safari, but could happen in other browsers) displays it...

What is a user-agent?

I see many web development tools that let me change this thing called the "user-agent". What it it? ...

How to create and use a XML document object properly considering browser compatibility?

Now I'm working on a web project. I need to create a XML document object using a given string buffer in JavaScript. I've successfully made it run smoothly on IE, but apparently I need to do some more work to improve its compatibility. To help you understand my poor English, here is a tiny example describing what I want to express (Note,...

Is it good practice to "force" users to update their browser?

I helped develop a website for a local non-profit. I have asked for feedback from people who have been using the site. I have encountered a problem with IE6, fixing that problem introduces other problems in IE6 to the point of introducing another CSS file just for IE6 fixes. I stumbled across a way that would essentially "force" users...

Has anyone tried out Google's O3D plugin for 3D graphics?

I just found out about Google's O3D project, for rendering 3D graphics in Browsers using html and javascript. It seems nice, although the graphics are about 5 years outdated as far as I could see. Has anyone tried it out? ...

Custom 404 error without server

Is possible to intercept 404 error without using web server (browsing html file in the filesystem) ? I tried with some javascript, using an hidden iframe that preload the destination page and check for the result and then trigger a custom error or redirect to the correct page. This work fine but is not good on perfomance. ...

How to prevent browser from closing while running an XBAP?

We need to prevent the browser from closing (hitting X) in our XBAP application if the user has edited any data. We are checking for this in the Closing event of our Page/Window, doing e.Cancel, and that does fire correctly, however it does not prevent the browser from closing. This does work when closing a tab, but not when closing th...

Is there a "Browser Control" to host a website inside Flash/Silverlight?

I'm looking for something similar to the VB6 / .Net Winforms "Browser Control", that let's you show a browser inside your application. I don't want to just render a page, I want it to be a fully-functional browser, in which people can click links, will run Javascript, etc. In essence, what I want is an IFrame, only that it runs inside a...

Notify client about expired session - web programming

Is it posible to notify user that session has expired? Can browser act as server and receive such notifications? One solution would be to generate JavaScript that does countdown on client side and notifies client in the end, but I am iterested if it is postible to do it the first way? And what are the consequences of first approach? A...

Does all browser engines treat "\<" as "<" and "\>" as ">"?

The main point to make "<" to "\<" and ">" to ">" is to make avoid below inline script: <script> var foo = "</script><script>alert('bug');</script><script>"; // the value of foo is generated from server </script> The string value of foo is generated from server side. So, we plan to change "<" to "\<" and ">" to ">". (I know there i...

Display PDF in Browser

Hi, I'm using tag to display PDF in browser. We have some top navigation tabs. When the user click on a tab the pdf has to be displayed in the page. The issue is when I click on the tab, I'm not able to see the other tabs. This issue is no t there in Firefox. Can someone please help me. ...

What is the correct way to deal with css browser compatibility?

Is it better to have a different CSS file for each user-agent or is it better to use CSS Hacks that only certain browsers can see? ...

Tool to view response headers

What is the best way to view the HTTP response headers from a request against a particular URL? Telnet or is there some other really good command or tool? ...

Where do I find a test http server for simulating timeouts and error codes

I am thinking that this would be an Apache server with some custom pages, or possibly a java application. Used for browser or http client testing, it should give me a variety of 500 errors when a specific page is requested. Give me a page that responds in 5 seconds, 10, 30 or whatever. Give me a page where the first byte does not come...