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How do I open a web browser from a .NET Program? Process.Start() isn't working?

I have a URL and I want to launch it in the default browser. I've tried two methods: Process.Start("http://stackoverflow.com"); ... and the one detailed in this other question using ShellExecute. In both cases I get the error: Windows cannot find 'http://stackoverflow.com'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again....

How do I get the WVGA Android browser to stop scaling my images?

I'm designing an HTML page for display in Android browsers. Consider this simple example page: <html> <head><title>Simple!</title> </head> <body> <p><img src="http://sstatic.net/so/img/logo.png"&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </body> </html> It looks just fine on the standard HVGA phones (320x480), but on HDPI WVGA sizes (480x800 or 480x854) the buil...

User/browser fingerprinting without cookies

I'm sure that many of you have heard about this: http://panopticlick.eff.org/ It's a way to form a somewhat unique fingerprint of a web site visitor based on information about their browser, fonts, plugins, etc... Does anyone know of a library (python!?) to do this? I'd like to allow for visitors to vote on a poll without having to ...

IE9 Acid 3 test?

Does anybody know if Microsoft is planning on having IE9 pass with 100/100 on acid 3? The current version of IE9 gets a 68/100 on the test (can be viewed here, main site here). What did IE8 pass with? What about IE7? How does it compare to other modern browsers such as Safari, Firefox, and Chrome? Please submit useful answers, not opin...

PGP Encryption in Javascript

I'm looking to do some client-side PGP encryption in Javascript. I've found some GPL library scattered on the web, but for obvious reason, I cannot use that code due to licensing issues. I'm looking for some BSD-like license library that would accomplish the same thing. Anyone know of a library I could use? ...

Browser removing + from request parameter

Hello everyone, I'm trying to pass an SQL query string from a Java Applet to Servlet as a parameter. Problem is that in Applet I have something say: sql=select * from p where(+p=1) The resulting sql parameter in the Servlet is sql=select * from p where(+p=1). So anyone knows how to prevent the browser from removing the + character ...

javascript function wont fire in IE...

I have this code: <body onLoad="subcatSelection();"> The function is inside a .js file which is included with this code: <script type="text/javascript" src="bincgi/search_lists.js"></script> The function contains an alert('hello'); just for testing purposes to see if it gets called, but it doesn't. The "Page error" or whatever...

Browser caching issue on a https site pressing f5

i am working on a website where i have content entry form. This form contains a tiny mce control. The control is composed of some 40-50 files. The testing reported that the entry form loads slow and evertime shows up 50 files loading to completely load the page. Is there a way i can decrease this time. I have taken help of browser cachin...

Is there any tutorial on starting Adobe AIR app from browser ?

Is there any tutorial on starting (not install but application start\wake up call with parameters) Adobe AIR app from browser (on button click within flash app using JS function or what ever is needed)? Blog articles or any other materials wanted... ...

Is it possible to determine if Adobe AIR app is running from browser?

Is it possible to determine if Adobe AIR app is running from browser? So I want to check if app is on, how to do such thing? ...

open a link in a new tab in the same window

Hi I am making a firefox extension which needs to open a link in anew tab in the same window of firefox. How should i do this? This opens in a new window (replacing the old window): window.location = url; This opens in the same tab window.content.document.location = url Any idea on how to open the url in a new tab? ...

ExtJS : handling browser exit event (click on cross-exit)

Hi everybody, First of all, thank you for reading my question. I would like to know if there is any way to handle the browser exit event. For example, I would like to send a query when the user click on the cross-exit or simply close his browser. Thanks a lot. $t0rM ...

How do I programmatically determine the current zoom level of a browser window?

Hi, I want to find out the zoom level of what is being displayed in a browser window based on the javascripts' window object properties (http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/window.shtml) to which I have access. I just can't seem to find the right mathematical formula for the zoom based on the inner width, page offset, etc. I found a solu...

Which browser versions do YouTube and Google Apps support?

Hi. We're building a site and wish to build for the same set of browsers Google Apps/Docs and YouTube support. Though not recommended, they seem to be detecting specific browsers/versions vs. features/functionality. What's the best way to support a minimum set of browsers while displaying a message to the users of older browsers to upgra...

Bypass SWT Browser Authorization Dialog

I have an application that prints the contents of a URL (to a physical printer) at a certain point. I want this to happen automatically and without further user input. I am using SWT to load the URL into an SWT browser (that works int he background only - it is not visible) and print. The sole problem at this point is that the server wan...

Where is the FTP support for Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 ?

I tried to upload files via FTP but ran into problems. Are modern day browsers no longer supporting FTP "write" capability? I managed to use Dreamweaver to FTP the files successfully. ...

Silverlight Out of browser and on demand loading of assembly

Hi, I want my silverlight application to work out of browser and it should support on demand loading of assemblies as well. If i implement on demand loading of assemblies, what will happen in case of out of browser support, will it work fine? or it will download all the assemblies during the installation itself. Thanks, Mrinal Jaiswal...

What is the spec behavior for two conflicting CSS styles from an external file? How well do browsers support this?

Suppose I have two files containing styles, a.css and b.css. I import them into my page in the <head> section. Both of these external files define a style for the class .someclass. Which one takes precedence? Is there any guarantee based on the order of the imports for css files that will state which style should be used? ...

Check through Javascript that page is loading something

When the browser is loading something on a page you can see it in the status bar that it says "Waiting for..." or "Transfering..." etc. In firebug you can check in the net tab when something is being loaded and see when it stops. That is what I want. Is there a way for me to trigger an event when that happens ? Or to get the status o...

Silverlight 4 - elevated permission *inside* the browser

I know Silverlight 4 can handle elevated permissions outside the browser. Is there a way to accomplish this inside the browser? I need to make a folder/file upload manager that gives a better user experience than the standard , and I'd like to implement it in Silverlight. I know Java has an option to gain elevated permissions, but you...