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Why web browsers don't have jQuery built in?

It seems like a good idea to me. or add the additional features to Javascript itself? ...

Does AJAX 2.0 + still send full postback on requests

Hello, This is a general question really. I had read some where, it may of been an Microsoft whitepaper or blog I am really not sure as I dont have the link right now. Basically, the person was describing that (of which he referred to AJAX.Net 1.0) when using an update panel, although you would expect only the controls and components a...

What are the list of items that entering jQuery $.support into FireBug console return?

Hi, I was watching the Lullabot jQuery video and in it one of the teachers advises to use $.support command to check all of the available features that the current browser supports. So when I enter $.support into console I get this link Object { leadingWhitespace=true, more...} and when I click it FireBug opens up the DOM tab a...

Is it possible to set a website as homepage in Mozilla?

Possible Duplicates: set browser as my website as homepage for firefox using javascript How can I set default homepage in FF and Chrome via javascript? I knew how to set homepage from a website in Internet Explorer using JavaScript; however, due to a security issue I can't do it in Mozilla. Is there a way to set it in Mozi...

Javascript + How to get the index w.r.t the parent Node of selection + Browsers Other than IE

Hi I want to get the selection start and end index with respect to the parent node of the selected text. I am able to do this in IE. However in other browsers like Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome, I am able to access the selection and the index of the selected text. But my requirement is to get the index w.r.t the parent node and not t...

How accessible are dropdown lists on mobile devices?

I am developing as site for mobile devices which requires the user to select a product (there are ~70 in total). I however do not have a testing device with me at the moment (I am also currently on a Mac and do not know of any mobile browser emulators for Macs). My question is, would a drop down list of length ~70 be way too long? How h...

Detecting browser with JQuery

Hi Guys, I am trying to use jQuery(document).ready(function () { if (!jQuery.browser.msie <= 7.99) { jQuery('#element').css('display', 'block'); } }); But it doesn't appear to work ? What am I doing wrong ? Thx Edit: Use conditional comments <!--[if !IE]> <!--[if lt IE 8]> //do stuff <![en...

Render image or pdf stream from SQL database in asp.net

Hi, I have a table with documents saved some of them in pdf, some of them image. I want to create a web app, to show the images (that can be either pdf, either jpg) in the same control. I can manage to see pdf, if I set the Response.ContentType = "application/pdf" or image if I set "application/jpg". But the problem is that how can I ge...

Browser to browser communication without a server?

Is there any possible way to have browsers communicating to each other over lan/wan without the use of a server (direct peer-to-peer)? ...

Change css locally per domain.

I want to add css to pages with a certain url in much the same way that greasemonkey adds javascript. I guess I could inject some css with a script but that isn't as clean. Are there any browser plugins that let me do this? Doesn't necessarily need to be a Firefox one. ...

Browser requests for images

I've been doing some experimenting with php and html, and I'd like to know if it's possible for the browser to send a separate request for multiple images that have the same file name. For example, if I had <img src="showimg.php?id=1234"> written out 3 different times, is it possible for the browser to send the request 3 different t...

Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser

I initialize the selenium like public void setUp() throws Exception { setUp("http://localhost/", "*firefox"); } and I write my test in the method like public void testUntitled() throws Exception { boo(); foo(); } But it gives error like java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start...

Application not loading when deploying on production and running in IE6

My application is using grail . locally on all browser it is running . but on production in IE6 and firefox 1.5x it is not loading . I am not finding why it is behaving like this way? ...

jquery plugin lava lamp not working in IE6

Am using jquery plugin Lava lamp that is not working in IE6 .....particularly at the mouse hover event.but it's working in firefox. Here is my code css file of lava lamp plugin .lavaLampWithImage { position: relative; height: 70px; width: 900px; /*background: url("bg.gif") no-rep...

What events are fired when a user selects from the browsers stored form dropdown?

Hi, I'm using jQuery to alter things when a user enters text into an input. This works fine with .keydown() or .change() when typing. I'm unable to capture an event when the user selects from the browser stored inputs for that field. This is the dropdown that appears when typing or on click when the element already has focus and the br...

Redirect help needed! Any tips/advice appreciated

Hi, this is my situation: I need to create an app that listens to URL's entered on a browser so that when a particular site is entered (e.g. google.com), it redirects this to www.mysite.com/Redirect.aspx?site=google.com, so that this click is recorded on mysite.com and then the user is redirected to the original entry i.e. google.com O...

Clicking on an MSDN URL in MS Word document opens it in IE only

Now that heading doesn't look like it is a problem. Here's the full scoop. Paste this link into an MS Word document. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264736.aspx Click (or Ctrl + Click, whatever your settings are) on the link. For me, it always opens up in IE, whatever my default browser happens to be. Now, copy this link in...

Mac Setup to Test Applications in Every Possible Browser?

What is the simplest/most-streamlined setup for testing apps in all of todays browsers? Safari 2, 3, 4 (and versions in between) Firefox 1, 2, 3 (and sub versions) IE 6, 7, 8, 9 Opera 8, 9, 10 Chrome Is there some sort of program like the Ruby Version Manager (RVM) that allows you to install browsers at different versions and then ju...

What's the best way to test cross-browser compatibility?

Since the portable versions of IE are no longer supported (and never fully worked) I'm trying to find a way to test sites in a number of different browsers. The lag on something like browsershots.org is far too high to be practical, plus you can't test functionality. I'm looking at using VMWare images of XP with different versions of b...

does DOM order determine the order of form parameters posted?

If I have a form like this: <form> <input name="param[]" /> <input name="param[]" /> <input name="param[]" /> </form> Can expect to receive these parameters in the same order when the form is submitted? I've noticed that Chrome, Rails, and Webrat preserve the order of the parameters, but that may be caused by implementation det...