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Over-ride Browser Authentication Dialog

Is there a way using Java to over-ride the browser authentication dialog box when a 401 message is received from the web server? I want to know when this dialog is being displayed, and instead of it being given to the user, I fill in the credentials for them. Overview of application: i wrote the web server, so essentially i want to sto...

Web browser lock-down: How to?

Hi, I have an ASP.NET web application where a portion of it needs to run in a web browser as a public facing terminal. Essentially it is used to capture anonymous user feedback (wizard control on a .aspx) in a commercial location such as a shop. An administrator will login and prep the application for 'terminal' mode. The terminal is...

Testing for Flash capability on the server-side

I'm developing an ASP.NET website that will need to support non-flash users. In case the user's browser doesn't support Flash, or they have Flash disabled, I'd like to download a large splash image to the browser. However I don't want to waste bandwidth downloading it if the Flash does render properly. So is it possible to test, from ...

Why is JavaScript considered bad by some?

Why is JavaScript allowed to be disabled in the browser? (i.e. Why is it considered bad?) ...

Highlighting effect to text and/or image similar to be synchronized with audio

I am looking how to approach following problem: We have application that displays text with audio recorded material. We use Browser Control (Internet Explorer) in Delphi App to do this. We respond to events in Delphi code setting innerHTML for elements if we have to update the style ... Now, request is to add option to dynamically move...

How do I sign a Java applet for use in a browser?

I'm trying to deploy a Java applet on my website. I also need to sign it, because I need to access the clipboard. I've followed all the signing tutorials I could find but have not had any success. Here is what I've done so far: Wrote an applet in NetBeans. It runs fine in the applet viewer. Made a .jar file out of it. Created a cer...

Capture righclick event on Flash plugin using JS when using WMODE="window"

I'm using a custom right click context menu for a flash app (overriding the default adobe menu). For this Uza's right click solution ( http://www.uza.lt/blog/2007/08/solved-right-click-in-as3 ) works well. However, flash player plugin (for Firefox/Chrome etc) has a bug which breaks usage of international characters when its using WMode ...

how to install multiple versions of IE at the same time?

In order to test web pages, currently my page works file with my IE, but not with others. Is it possible to have multiple versions installed ? ...

Is it possible to prevent document scrolling when arrow keys are pressed?

Very straightforward: Is it possible to prevent the browser from scrolling when a user pressed arrow keys? ...

How to control over browser back button

Hi All, I want a confirmation window on click of a browser back button. If I press yes then the previous page will get load ortherwise I will remain in the same page? Any suggestion is highly appreciated.. But please be on track.. my question is straight forward thx in advance.. ...

Javascript 'onkey*' events not working in Links browser

Anyone know anything about the Links browser? I am developing an application for Links (text mode) that is running on a terminal using Linux. The problem is that none of the 'on key' events (down, up, or press) will register. Here is the Javascript I am using: <body onload="Alert()" onkeydown="CheckKey(event.keyCode)"> <script type...

different web files created for different browsers

It just occurs to me that for the past decade, all books on HTML/CSS always talk about browser incompatiblities and how to get around that issue by adding more "hacks" to CSS, JS, or HTML. Why is that they never advised that the other way to deal with that (and I believe the best way) is to add code (php, c, whatever) in the first line o...

how to see cookie information of chrome browser?

Is there such a plugin? ...

Disabling browser caching for all browsers from ASP.NET

I'm after a definitive reference to what ASP.NET code is required to disabled browsers from caching the page. There are many ways to affect the HTTP headers and meta tags and I get the impression different settings are required to get different browsers to behave correctly. It would be really great to get a reference bit of code commente...

Restrict browser plugin usage to specific servers?

For a new banking application we are currently discussing the details of a browser plugin installed on client PCs for accessing smartcard readers. A question that came up was: Is there a way to restrict the usage of this plugin to a specified list of domains? It should prevent any third-party-site to use the plugin just by serving some ...

Javascript way to list available plugins for IE

Is there a quick way to get a list in JavaScript of the available Active X plugins? I need to do a test to see if a plugin has been installed before I actually try to run it. In effect I want to create a page that says 'Plugin Installed and properly Working' or have it fail gracefully. I'm not sure how to have it fail gracefully if ...

How can I persist a session in an iframe?

Suppose I have a web app that I want to embed into any other site using an iframe. The iframe references my site and operates independently of the hosting web page. Well, the browser considers the iframe to be a third party site, therefore its session cookie is considered a third party cookie. Some methods exist to make the browsers h...

jQuery on iPhone/Android/BlackBerry

I don't have any of the devices to test at the moment. I guess I'll start using the emulators later on. We're looking to offer mobile support. I was wondering how jQuery or even javascript renders in their respective browsers. What works? What doesn't? Any tips? Advice? ...

Safari image rendering bug

Has anybody else encountered this. Whenever the images are intially loaded by the browser it only shows the last-half of the image. Then when I mouse over anywhere in the green section it immediately displays the rest of the image. What you're seeing here is a <div> with a background-image and a <img> located within said <div>. I'm e...

Problem fetching video data from server only in browser plugin

I have a problem with a server, written in Java, running on Tomcat, serving video files. I didn't write the code and have very little familiarity with the libraries involved in this problem, so any ideas to pursue would be much appreciated :) The videos in question work fine when you save them to disk from your browser and then play th...