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Communication between browsers via PHP

I am building a simple ajax chat client for a school project and have thought of a way to implement this, but it seems IMO to be very cumbersome approach: 1) User A sends message which is accepted by a server-side PHP script and saved to database 2) The browser of User B periodically launches a server side PHP script to check if there a...

Which Browser does not support asp.net based website

Hi i would like to have the browse list which does NOT support the .net based created website Please so i can compare the technology before creating it ...

What is Quirks Mode categorized under Document Mode and how to Change it ?

I saw my pages information in IE8 Developer Tools. My Page Document Mode was Quirks Mode. What is Quirks Mode ? and How To change Document Mode ? What are the others document modes ? How can Document Mode affect the Page. ...

Implementing parallel static content download in the browser?

We are looking at adjusting our web pages so we split our calls for static data across sub-domains. In order to do this we must: Always serve the same content from the same sub-domain so it remains cached Try and serve roughly the same amount of content from each of the sub-domains Try to do this in an automatic way on a per-page basis...

How to specify a name for a "page" in Silverlight 3, with the Frame navigation control

I am using the Frame navigation control. Programmatically, I specify the page to fill the frame (like "Views\Home.xaml"). The browser is currently using string specified in the Frame control as the name of the page; in other words, the browser displays "Views\Home.xaml" as the name of the page. I tried setting the "Name" property on...

jQuery : Running script in the address bar

In most web browsers, you can execute JavaScript in the address bar (i.e. javascript:alert('Test'); Is it possible to execute jQuery in the address bar? ...

Suggested setup for cross-browser testing in a Windows XP VM on a Mac?

I have windows XP set up on a VM on my mac running only IE6. I used to use this: http://spoon.net/browsers/ to test on IE7 and 8 but it requires that I have .Net framework installed on my VM, which I'd rather not do. Any suggestions for the optimal setup for cross-browser testing with a VM on a mac? ...

How to embed IE in Swing application?

While I was using Delphi I remember simple WebBrowser object that used IE and was really easy to use. Is there an option to embed IE in Swing application? I'm not looking for new implementation of web browser (i found some rather expensive ones on web), but just the free option of embedding IE or some other browser in application. ...

special html characters are not rendered correctly in the browser

I am storing pieces of XHTML as text on a search index. Once the user submits a search request, I insert this text in my page and return it to the server. This all works fine except when there is a ISO 8859-1 Symbol in the text (such as a copyright symbol ©). The symbol is not represented correctly in the browser, it is displayed as t...

URLLoader cancel load on any browser event

Hello, I have a flash element in a page that load a chart based on some complex queries that can take up to a minute to load. I call the query with this code : var chartData:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); chartData.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded); chartData.addEventListener("httpStatus", onHttpStatus); chartData.load(new URLRe...

Copy Image to Clipboard from Browser in Javascript?

Is it possible to copy an image to the clipboard in javascript? I know how to copy text, but can you copy images? Is it a security limitation? ...

How to open html file in default browser from Java Swing application?

My Java Swing application generates html file and I want to open it with default browser when it is generated and saved. How to achieve that? ...

Need help returning to BlackBerry application from BrowserSession

Hello, My BlackBerry application is using a BrowserSession to open up a web page. When the web page opens up, the user will type in their login credentials, and then they are forwarded to a new website which tells them to close the BlackBerry Browser and return to my application. (...OAuth authentication) Now, I am trying to see if I ...

Capture or redirect open browser window event from a Java program

Hi. I have a Java program, that opens a new browser window when I click on on a menu. The Java program requires login, so the html page has a Session ID. I want to access this page with my C# program, so that I can extract some data from it. Unfortunately, the only way to get to this html page is through the Java client's menu, so the...

Open html in browser from Java. Bug if browser is not started?

I am using java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri); to show my users a generated html file. All is fine if the browser (firefox 3.5.7; linux) is started before I make the call. But if the browser start is triggered from the getDesktop().browse call then the java application will not exit until the browser closes. How can I avoid th...

Ajax TabContainer causing browser to close automatically

Hi All, I am trying to fix an issue. I have an ASP.NET Ajax's TabContainer on the page. And each tab there is a gridview control that gets binded onload. However for some reason the browser gets closed automatically after the page renders. If I remove the TabContainer then it works fine. I think the binding code will no wa...

Spell Check in IE

In Firefox, if a user enters words which have spelling mistakes, the browser puts a line below the word indicating a spelling mistake. How can the same be accomplished in IE ? Any ideas ? ...

How to get current milliseconds on flex application fast? Especially when SWF runs in browser on Mac or Linux

We have a simple flex game. And I want to keep my FPS constantly. Now I use: (new Date()).getTime(); It's OK in windows and it's OK in flashplayer on Mac and Linux. But in browsers in Mac and Linux this method is too slow. What can I use instead? ...

pain of browser back button

Is there any way using JavaScript(or something else) to detect/prevent that user clicked on browser back/forward button ? I would like to know about the common practice to deal with this issue. This is really pain especially in the work flow like ordering. ...

How many separate flash movies can be rendered on one HTML page before performance is noticebly smaller

Hi there, I'm currently developing a portal application that will require a number of Adobe flex elements. Each portlet could potentially be it's own flash movie. What I would like to know is how many of these portlets can be rendered in a browser on an average system before the number flash player starts using up too much memory and pe...