I have URLs of the form http://domain/image/⟨uuid⟩/42x42/some_name.png. The Web server (nginx) is configured to look for a file /some/path/image/⟨uuid⟩/thumbnail_42x42.png, and if it does not exist, it sends the URL to the backend (Django via mod_wsgi) which then generates the thumbnail. Then the backend emits a 302 redirect to exactly t...
I would like to support keyboard shortcuts in my WPF XBAP application, such as Ctrl-O for 'Open' etc. How do I disable the browsers built-in keyboard shortcuts and replace them with my own? ...
Is there a way to recover the contents of a browser textarea? Say, you've typed a long post and then accidentally clicked on a link. Then when you come back, the textfields tantalizingly retain the text you typed in, but the textarea is blank. Where does IE and Firefox store the stuff that prepopulates? Can textareas be brought back? ...
It's common knowledge that using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start is the way to launch a url from a C# applicaiton: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://www.mywebsite.com"); However, if this url is invalid the application seems to have no way of knowing that the call failed or why. Is there a better way to launch a web browser? If ...
I have an app that needs to open a new window (in the same domain) so the user can view a report, but on some browsers* the new window doesn't share the non-persistent cookie of the original window, which causes the user to have to sign in again. Is there anything I can do to stop the user having to sign in again in the new window? *In ...
When reading some answers to aquestion on clearing cache for JS files, somebody pointed to this part of the http spec. It basically says that URLS containing a ? should not be pulled from the cache, unless a specific expiry date is given. How do query string absent URLs which are so common with MVC websites (RoR, ASP.Net MVC, etc.) get...
When you are working on a new website, what combinations of browsers and operating systems do you target, and at what priorities? Do you find targeting a few specific combinations (and ignoring the rest) better than trying to strive to make them all work as intended? Common browsers: Firefox (1.5, 2, 3) Internet Explorer (6, 7, 8-bet...
Let's say I click a button on a web page to initiate a submit request. Then I suddenly realize that some data I have provided is wrong and that if it gets submitted, then I will face unwanted consequences (something like a shopping request where I may be forced to pay up for this incorrect request). So I frantically click the Stop butto...
Is there any way of knowing if the user closes a tab in a web browser? Specifically IE7, but also FireFox and others as well. I would like to be able to handle this situation from our asp code if the current tab containing our web site closes. ...
We are beginning to go down the path of mobile browser support for an enterprise e-commerce webapp (Java/Servlet based). Of course there are many decisions to be made, but it seems to me the cornerstone is to be able to reliably detect mobile browsers, and make decisions on the content to be returned accordingly. Is there a standard wa...
What's the best cross platform Java Swing browser component at least able to play nicely in a swing interface (lightweight component ?) and able to run on MacOSX and Windows ? Things like : FlyingSaucer, JDIC, maybe others ? ...
In Python, you can do this: import webbrowser webbrowser.open_new("http://example.com/") It will open the passed in url in the default browser Is there a ruby equivalent? ...
Ok, this probably has a really simple answer, but I've never tried to do it before: How do you launch a web page from within an app? You know, "click here to go to our FAQ", and when they do it launches their default web browser and goes to your page. I'm working in C/C++ in Windows, but if there's a broader, more portable way to do it I...
I have an application that launches a webpage in the "current" browser when the user selects it. This part of my app works fine in the Windows version but I can't figure out how to do this in Linux build. Right now the Linux version is hardcoded for Firefox in a specific directory and runs a new instance of it each time and doesn't show...
GWT gets locale from either the locale property or the locale query string. If neither is specified, it uses the "default" (ie en_US) locale. Why doesn't it get it from the browser settings? It seems the only solution to this is to replace your static html launch page with soemthing like a JSP that reads the browser locales and sets ...
I have a web page with DIVs with a mouseover handler that is intended to show a pop-up information bubble. I don't want more than one info bubble to be visible at a time. But when the user moves the mouse rapidly over two items, I sometimes get two bubbles. This should not happen, because the code for showing a pop-up cancels the previou...
I have a large amount of audio stored on my web server in a very custom format that can't be replayed by anything other than my own application. That application is a Win32 app that can connect to my web server and stream and replay that audio. I'd really like to be able to do the streaming and replaying from within a browser, but do...
Hi, I have an application with an embedded gecko browser. I want to know how to change the cursor from the default cursor to a custom cursor when I am in the embedded browser? There is forms.css file in the res folder of the gecko sdk, I tried changing the cursor in that file with no success. Any suggestions? Thanks jbsp72 ...
I've seen a couple questions around here like How to debug RESTful services, which mentions: Unfortunately that same browser won't allow me to test HTTP PUT, DELETE, and to a certain degree even HTTP POST. I've also heard this, that browsers support only GET and POST, from some other sources like: http://www.packetizer.com/ws/res...
I have an API that is dependent on certain state information between requests. As an easy first version of the code, I am simply using PHP session's to store the state information instead of something more advanced (APC, memcache, DB). Throughout my initial testing in a web browser, everything worked perfectly. However, it seems that whe...