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Can HTTP headers be too big for browsers ?

I am building an AJAX application that uses both HTTP Content and HTTP Header to send and receive data. Is there a point where the data received from the HTTP Header won't be read by the browser because it is too big ? If yes, what is the limit and is it the same behaviour in all the browser ? I know that theoretically there is no limit...

Detect FLASH plugin crashes

Is there any way to detect flash-plugin crashes in major browsers (firefox, ie, chrome, safari and opera) via javascript? ...

Using same cache from different static servers

I'm thinking about adding another static server to a web app, so I'd have static1.domain.tld and static2.domain.tld. The point would be to use different domains in order to load static content faster ( more parallel connections at the same time ), but what 'troubles' me is "how to get user's browser to see static1.domain.tld/images/what...

Can I reserve an object in browser cache?

I have a flex application about 2M need to send to browser, so I want the browser to reserve the file in cache forever unless I upgrade the version. I have set the ETAG and last-modified tag in http reponse header, but sometimes, when the user click the refresh, the swf file still be reloaded. So what http response header can I use to...

Windows User Agent

Here is my code: <script type="text/javascript"> if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('BlackBerry')!= -1){ document.write('<link rel="stylesheet" href="/m/css/mobile.css" type="text/css" />'); } else if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPhone')!= -1) { document.write('<link rel="stylesheet" href="/m/css/smartmobile.css" type="text/css"...

How to extract files from Safari cache on Windows Vista.?

I've managed to find the file Cache.db. When I open it, I see references to files I've cached while browsing, and I would like to extract those file, like you can do with IE of FF. Anyone has an idea on how I can get files from the blob data inside cache.db..? I'm on Windows, so Apple software are not an option... Thanks. ...

Communication from arduino to a browser extension all run locally

Hello Everyone! I am trying to figure out how I would go about taking serial information from an arduino which controls a javascript browser extension I have running in an open browser locally on a computer. It would seem that I would need some sort of middleman to internalize the serial readings and pass them to the browser (to activa...

IE Browser related problem

Hi, I am having a weird browser issue - works fine with FF, chrome but not in IE What I am trying to do is dynamically form the html for printing a coupon - and a part of it is a link redirecting to another page onclick = String.Format("javascript:PostBackCoupon123('{0}','{1}');", zipCode, cityName); couponContent.AppendFormat("<a bor...

Separate stylesheets

How could I use separate stylesheet for Opera? Like: <![if !IE 6]> <link rel=»stylesheet» type=»text/css» href=»ctyle.css» /> <![endif]> But for Opera? (For all versions of Opera) ...

How to run all three versions of IE

Is there a way to run IE6, IE7, IE8 at same time or one after the other, to test UI of a web application. Or is there any other solution for this. ...

Raising X11 urgent flag from webbrowser.

The global picture is that I want my Firefox X11 window to have its urgent flag set when (say) a new Gmail mail arrives. I feel confident that I can produce the code to check Gmails arrival by reading some other Firefox extensions' code. What I can't figure out is how to get the Window ID of the webbrowser, so that I can call, say, a...

AJAX back button implementations: how do they work?

My page so far loads once, and then it's all AJAX from there, baby :D. So obviously, back/forward/reload/history/bookmarking seriously breaks it. I'm researching some solutions (I'm eyeballing jQuery plugins, aka BBQ or Address) and I'm curious to how they are implemented. All that I am seriously interested in is Back/Forward functional...

is it possible to get a unique identification number from a mobile device?

I am currently working on mobile device web applications, and I was wondering if there is some sort of unique id number per device that could be detected via the browser. The purpose would be to store this number in order to recognize people who already visited the site. I was working with bluetooth quite a lot, and there some sort of ...

using browser logos

I'm adding a functionality of browser version detection and showing a message if the version is outdated, just like Youtube is doing for IE6. Is it OK to use the logos of all the browsers? And where can I find the logos for using in my web application? ...

how to disable aptana internal browser

hi i have myindex.php file and when i run it , it runs in the Internal web browser in aptana , while when I run blabla.html it runs through firefox , I just want the php file to run just like the html , and disable that annoying Internal browser. also would like to know what's the difference between (aptana) http://127.0.0.1:8000/blabl...

Popup Box or Confirm Message when closed Browser of an External Site ASP.NET, C#

Hi All, I have a tricky situation. I have a website (Site A) from which USERS will be redirected to an External Site ( Site B) where they take the training. Once they finish the training up on closing the Browser of Site B, I want to Provide an Alert Message or Popup Box with some message like " Are you sure, have you finished the Site...

Couldn’t attach to manually started Firefox 3.6 browser using WatiN 2.0 RC1

When I manually start Firefox and then try to attach to it using Browser.AttachTo(Find.First()) method, this results in exception "Couldn't find an ForeFox window..." But when I start FireFox by this command in the first console application: new FireFox(@"http://google.com") and after that try to attach to it using Browser.AttachTo(Find...

How can I get html content from a brower that can do the html correction and js scripting?

Now I need a solution for getting HTML content from a browser. As rendering in a browser, js will be ran, and if not, js won't be ran. So any html libraries like lxml, beautifulsoup and others are all not gonna work. I've searched a project named pywebkitgtk, but it's purpose is to create a browser with a front end. Is there any way to p...

HTML Select Size not being rendered

Recently we copied an ASP.NET WebForms solution. In this solution we are using some ASP:ListBoxes where the Rows property is set to more than 1. This renders following HTML.. <select size="8" name="ctl00$MainContainer$lbType" multiple="multiple" onchange="javascript:setTimeout('__doPostBack(\'ctl00$MainContainer$lbType\',\'\')', ...

When resizing the browser window...

Hello, I built a website in HTML and CSS, and whenever I resize the browser window (smaller) it messes with the components of the site, such as the navigation bar. The navigation bar is a series of images linked to their destination using <img src=. Any idea how to fix this annoying thing? THe code for the navigation bar is below: <br...