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How to open files in web browsers (e.g Firefox) within editors like vim or emacs?

How to open files in browsers (e.g Firefox) within editors like vim or emacs? Notepad++ open files in browsers by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X (Firefox). Is there a way to do this in gVim or Emacs? ...

can entire web document be cached/archived (including the precise state of the DOM) and later reloaded?

imagine that we have loaded a complex website with lots of Javascript which loaded all sort of info via AJAX and by making computations based on user input. So, now suppose we want to archive it in such a way that we can reliably load it later on from file (maybe even without an internet connection) and study its behavior / debug it / et...

TIBCO queue browser c# problem with iterating message for second time.

Hi I am creating a windows service which connects to 5 queues. The logic is it has only one handler for summary queue which get the message stating how many message should I be getting from rest of 4 queues. Once message is received in summary I go and browse using queue browser and it works perfect only for one time next time it doesn...

How to tell Vim: Open current document in Browser and Refresh?

Right now I open archives in my browser (localhost) with the follow line: :! start "http://localhost" file:///"%:p""<CR>. It is possible to tell Vim: Open Firefox and hit refresh? (I don't want to refresh the current document I'm editing in Vim because if I open, for instance, the current CSS, the results won't show up in the browser. ...

Preventing browser caching on web application upgrades

Hi. I have a quite troublesome issue which I didn't find a good solution for yet. I allow caching of all my application static files (JS, CSS and images) by browser for performance. Problem is, when I'm doing upgrades, the users still use the old version from their cache, which often breaks the application, and requires clearing the c...

Force cache flush in browser

I just made quite a large update on a website that uses asp.net. In the new update I have changed a lot of the code so that I use jquery instead together with asp.net web service. Many of my users have problems with that the new update doesn't work until they flush all cache in their browser. As it's a lot of work to tell everybody to fl...

Resize issue to fit dynamically with any browser size

I'm trying to make full flash site dynamically resize in any browser size. If the browser gets smaller than the site MC should constrain to fit in the browser. (EX: 1440x900) What I have right now works like 98% of the time, but when I switch to a bigger screen size, it screws up and makes the site tiny from left to right (menu, logo, ...

It is recommendable to type the color's name instead of its hex value in CSS?

I always forget what colors I'm dealing with in CSS when I see it hex value. I would like to use the name instead (e.g color: lightgreen). Is it supported by all browsers? (or only the basic 16 colors)? ...

iFrame Navigation controlled by JS

I'm using javascript to control the href= field of the iframe located within the page. I am currently using function DoIFrameNav(object_URL) { document.all.additionalText.src="iframeContents.php?id="+object_URL; selectedEvent = object_URL; }//end DoIFrameNav to perform this action. And onclick=\"DoIFrameNav...

Can use of special characters in coding be a problem for users somehow?

I have a website with UTF-8 format on all pages. The website is in Swedish so there are three special characters... Using these characters in the code (values, ID:s, names etc) works fine on my computer and my browsers, but I wonder if it does work the same on all browsers? In other words, do you think this will be a problem? Thanks ...

Is sizing fonts using "em" still relevant?

Those of you who use em when sizing fonts will know that they can be a headache when dealing with nested elements, and having to make the px -> em calculations (to ensure your design interpretation is correct @ 100%) consumes extra time. With these (admittedly minor) issues in mind, and given the recent progress the major browsers have ...

How do I launch a URL from my application on Android?

How can I code my Android application to start the web browser to display a given URL? (I'd rather not embed a web browser component into my app, but rather want to start the Android web browser to show the URL.) Thanks! ...

add header when page breaks when using page-break-inside: avoid wth css or javascript or from browser??

hi all i have a page that has sections as divs with inner divs and content. The numberof divs varies alot from less than a page to many pages when printing. I am using page-break-inside: avoid on every section div so that all sections are never printed / split accross 2 pages. (This i only get to work in firefox but that whole other...

Cross Browser Addons

I'm looking to make a browser add-on as widely and easily distributable as possible. Is there a set of wrapper addons for all the major browsers that will let me write one piece of code and it can execute in any of the environments? I don't need anything fancy, just DOM and some ajax stuff. Something along the lines of greasemonkey fo...

Listening for TCP connections through a browser

Is there some sort of method I could use to launch something from a browser which would listen for tcp connections? I explored Silverlight but it looks like I can only connect to 3rd parties with a Silverlight app. What I'm looking for is have the user run something in browser which could receive third party connections. I'm starting ...

HTML validation and loading times

Does having (approx 100) HTML validation errors affect my page loading speeds? Currently the errors on my pages don't break the page in ANY browser, but I'd spend time and clear those anyhow if it would improve my page loading speed? If not on desktops, how about mobile devices like iPhone or Android? (For example, N1 and Droid load pag...

Is the cookie "metadata" (expires, path,...) transferred to the server?

When you set a cookie, you set the raw cookie data, and some metadata. This metadata includes the path for where the cookie is valid, the expiration time of the cookie, and so on. When a browser performs a request, what exactly will the browsers send with it? Will it send the full cookie, with all the "metadata"? Or only the actual data...

How to remove cookies from a headless browser provided by HtmlUnit in Java?

I am using HtmlUnit headless browser to access websites. Can the cookies sent by those websites store on my computer when I use that headless browser? If yes, then what's the location where these cookies get saved and how can I remove it through HtmlUnit? ...

HtmlUnit doubts regarding cookies and windows

If the HtmlUnit stores cookies in memory then Will HtmlUnit respond the server with cookies? When the HtmlUnit session terminates? Will it terminate when i call webclient.closeWindow()? As acc. to the HtmlUnit docs, WebClient represents a browser, so Is it represent a mutiple-windows browser (like IE7 in which we can open multiple tab...

Best tool for testing IE from a Mac - without a PC...

What is the best way/service to test cross browser compatibility for a website design. I am on a Mac and need to see across all mac browsers and all PC browsers as well (obviously). ...