client-side

HTML5 Local Storage - Creating and writing to a json file?

Hi all, We are building a web application using SVG & JS. The log file for this application needs to be created on the client side and then finally uploaded to the server once the project is ended. As we donot wish to go near ActiveX controls, is it possible to achieve this with the new HTML5 'Local Storage'? Isnt that what 'Local Stor...

why do frameworks use client-side redirects?

the frameworks i've used (granted not that many.. pylons,cakephp,rails,etc) all seem to use a client side redirect when going from 1 controller action to another. wouldn't it be better to save a roundtrip and do the redirect server side? of the top of my head, i can only think that it's to rewrite the url in the client browser.. is the...

Which browser-based client-side technology?

Back in the day there were only Active X and JavaScript. Users would turn them off, disabling my apps, or would edit the JS code (usually breaking it). So I switched to strictly server-side, where I have complete control. Now I am thinking that I might be misisng out on half of the possibilities for browser-based apps. We are talking ...

When running Word 2007 in ASP - Is it server-side or client-side?

Hi I managed to run Microsoft Office Word 2007 and programmatically manipulate doc files in ASP using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word .Net Component. I used the tutorial found at here The question is: Was the Word application run on the server side or on the client? I was only able to test this on my own computer in debug mode so it's...

How can we keep OpenX from blocking page load?

We're using OpenX to serve ads on a number of sites. If the OpenX server has problems, however, it blocks page loads on these sites. I'd rather have the sites fail gracefully, i.e. load the pages without the ads and fill them in when they become available. We're using OpenX's single page call, and we're giving divs explicit size in CSS ...

Site is a bit laggy (scrolling) or using a lot of memory?

We're in the middle of re-designing our. We decided to put the home page up, and a select number of pages, then add more as we convert them to the new design. Users on even slightly old computers are noticing a very laggy scroll on the home page, as if there aren't enough resources to move around the page or to render it quickly enough. ...

Can I execute js files via php?

The situation is next: I have php file, which parses a web-page. on that web-page is a phone number and it's digits are mixed with each other. The only way to put each digit on the correct place is to use some JS functions (on the client side). So, when I execute that php file in linux console, it gives me all that I need, except js fun...

Recommended max data size for internal web app?

We're building an internal web app used by about 50 users. Our users will access the app from accross the internet (not by local LAN). What are some current guidelines for how much data can be transferred while providing good load time and a generally positive client experience? Accessing Gmail it seems Gmail downloads almost 900K wor...

Good client-side Gauge control?

Does anybody know of a good client-side gauge control? I've tried out ComponentArt's AJAX control, but it's client-side feature leaves a little to be desired. I'm not looking for a Silverlight or Flash gauge either. Currently, I'm playing around with Google's Visualization Gauge and it seems to work pretty well. However, I'd like the...

How to unit test client-side jQuery/Javascript inside ASP.NET MVC?

Microsoft has really been pushing ASP.NET MVC, and one of its major strengths over ASP.NET Web Forms is unit testing. Then, they announced that they would support jQuery as their official client-side library for the platform, automatically including the source in new projects. Recently, they announced their first official contributions t...

Keeping id's unique Client Side and Server Side

Hi all, i am scrubbing my head now for hours to solve thw following situation: Several Html Forms on a webpage are identified by an id. Users can create forms on the clients side themselves and fill in data. How can I guarantee that the id of the form the user generates is unique and that there doesnt occure any collision in the saving ...

How can I save div as image at client side where div contains one or more than one HTML5 canvas elements?

Div 'canvasesdiv' element contains three HTML5 canvases. <div style="position: relative; width: 400px; height: 300px;" id="canvasesdiv"> <canvas width="400" height="300px" style="z-index: 1; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;" id="layer1" /> <canvas width="400" height="300px" style="z-index: 2; position: absolute; left: 0p...

Performance tuning a client-side heavy webapp & analyzing browser memory usage effectively?

I have a site - http://www.tubeloop.com/ -- that creates YouTube playlists in a loop. The codebase utilizes 3 jQuery plugins i've created - a youtube api wrapper, a youtube player wrapper and a radial menu. The site is a mashup and its extremely heavy on the client-side, as all requests made to YouTube, Facebook and Meebo are all made th...

Which of client-side server side web-programming is better?

Which of client-side or server-side web-programming produces the best results for websites? Is the following a correct analysis of some major web-programming platforms? ASP - server side JSP - server side Coldfusion - server side Javascript - client side PHP - server side What sort of websites are better done using client-side, and w...

CKEditor - client side spell checker

CKEditor supports by default server side spell checker. There is any solution to integrate a client-side spell checker? P.S. I'm using CKEditor in a WinForms application. ...

What tools are available for analysing the time a browser spends processing a page.

We are performance tuning our web site at the moment and have the main page content down to a respectable 65ms for firefox to grab it (from request to finish receiving the html). Caching means there is generally no other content that needs to be requested from the server (after the initial page view). However, firefox is spending anoth...

ASP.net mvc Call Action on DropDown Value Change

Hi all, Ive got a dropdown on one of my views. This dropdown only has for entries. Basically i need to know how to call an action when the dropdown value is changed? My situation is: Im making a simple inbox page. The dropdown has the filter options: View All, View Invites, View Replies etc.. When the user selects a filter option from ...

ASP.net MVC Set Checkboxes to checked Clientside

Hi All, My situation is: Im making a simple inbox page. The inbox is a listing made from a DevExpress grid. Each row in the grid has a checkbox that the user can check so that they can multi delete records (similar to yahoo mail etc). When the user clicks the select all link or the clear all link i need to set all the checkboxes within...

iframe spell check algorithm

I want to find the best way (using javascript) to check the spelling of an iframe content based on the results that will be returned by the 'hunspell' spell checker. scan fast word by word the iframe content add a red underline style for each misspelled word that would work fast for the entire iframe content remove the spans when the u...

When would we need a javascript client template engine?

Recently, I found out that jQuery has an official template engine which was contributed by the Microsoft team. Also I had heard about jTemplate from my friends, but I'm still confused: When & where might I need to use these plugins? How should I choose between the many client side template engines? ...