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ASP.NET XML parsing error only on FireFox..

I get this wired error only when I try to access the web page in FireFox.. IE works just fine.. XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: http://localhost/site/Home.aspx Line Number 1, Column 2:<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site1.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Home.aspx.cs" Am I missing something? ...

form submits in FireFox when any button on page is clicked

First time using Asp.net-mvc and originally followed the NerdDinner tutorial. My form submit button looks like this: <p> <input type="submit" value="Save" /> </p> I've now added another button to the page with jQuery code attached. It works in IE, but when I test in FireFox the form submits. I tried adding...

How do I make the unresponsive script warning come up?

I am making a firefox extension and I have a manual script entry box. I don't want the script to hang the browser when it is run. How can I make an unresponsive script error popup come up if the script runs for longer than a second. ...

How do you fix the Silverlight application shift that occurs in the Firefox browser?

Hi, Currently I have an Silverlight application that when run on Firefox browser (ver 3.6) the entire contents of the Silverlight application shifts a little, and also the scrollbars on both the bottom and the side appear when I first use it. This does not happen in IE 8. How can I fix this in Firefox so it doesn't happen? The projec...

Firefox redirect response on xhr request

Suppose we have the xhr 'POST' request that returns 'redirect' status code. In that case browser is sending additional xhr 'GET' by the given URL. I am not sure who is doing that call chain: browser itself or js library(using MooTools). The problem is that the second 'GET' request is not recognized as xhr by the server: It doesn't have...

Firefox Password script same PW auto login for 1000s devices Possible to use greasemonkey

I currently work in a position that i have to manage and access 1000s of pages for troubleshooting and new setup.... and im trying to figure out a way for firefox or chrome to setup ANYtime it sees for instance a a web based page for equipment like (CISCO, Linksys, Sonicwall, T1 controllers) from the manufacture in the Title bar or from...

Preventing Firefox from remebering the input value on refresh with Meta tag

When I refresh a page with Firefox, the values of the check boxes, input fields etc. are kept. Is there a way to make Firefox not keep them, using a meta tag without JavaScript? Thanks! ...

how to detect URL's of FireFox popups

I want to log the URLs of all the popup attempts in my FireFox browser running on Windows. Is there a way to do this? Either somehow externally, or internally with an extension? ...

Using javascript to detect browser type

I'm trying to use this line to detect browser type: IE or Firefox. alert(isBrowser("Microsoft")); but I get absolutely nothing, the alert doesn't even pop up. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. What would be the best practice way to detect browser type? ...

How to run a local exe in my firefox extension?

I want to run a local exe in my firefox extension javascript file, but ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell") is work fine in IE,not in FF,how to run a local exe in js in firefox. ...

jquery Ajax call resulting in Undefined Error in Firefox

Hi I've been pulling my hair out for the last few hours with this problem. And the googling has been hampered by the very vagueness of this. So let me apologise for that first. Basically I'm using jquery and ajax (with C#) to return data from the backend and display that to the screen. The code works perfectly for firefox and IE. But w...

Can't play wav file from Javascript in Firefox for Mac

I have the following html file that plays a wav file when the user hovers over the 'Play' anchor tag. It works perfectly on IE, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari on both Windows and Mac - except for Firefox on the Mac which does not play the file. We know the file type is supported because if the autostart attribute of the embed tag is se...

Are there any thead limitations that make it not print on each page in Firefox?

I have a table that has a <thead>, a <tfoot> and a <tbody>. It is supposed to print the thead and tfoot on each page in theory, but for some reason the thead does not if it contains certain elements together. This works: <thead> <tr> <td colspan="3">This works</td> <tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">column 1</th> ...

What is actually happening to this cancelled HTTP request?

When a user takes a particular action on a page, an Ajax call is made to save their data. Unfortunately, this call is synchronous as they need to wait to see if the data is valid before being allowed to continue. Obviously, this eliminates a lot of the benefit of using Asynchronous JavaScript And XML, but that's a subject for another pos...

blocking url using firefox extension

how can i control access to webpages in firefox. i'm going to develope a new addon for this but colud you tell me what should i do? can firefox extension programming allows this. or should i develop a desktop application to control access. thx in advance. edit: it's not going to be used daily. will be just an example for a research. ...

What is meaning of 'Blocking' in Firebug Net Panel?

I'm using Firebug 1.5.2 and while testing a site before production release i can see a huge amount of time consumed by 'Blocking' parts of the requests. What exactly does the 'Blocking' mean? ...

Open mailto after click in IE8/Chrome

I'm currently trying to do the following: Trigger: click on a name in a select list. Action : open mailto-link in current window, thus opening an email client. $(document).ready(function(){ // Define click-event $('option').click(function(){ var mail = $(this).attr('value'); window.open('mailto:'+mail, '_self'); }); ...

Ctrl+r in firefox for refreshing page and it's problem to my php code

i have create a form (so it's PHP and HTML hybrid-code). it has ability to send '$_POST'. And when i click it, it work perfectly on sending and displaying input. But there's something happening when i click ctrl+r in firefox for represhing the page. I got this confim dialog : "To display this page, Firefox must send information that wi...

Dashcode and firefox compatibility

Hi all, I started to use Dashcode with a Safari Custom Project, my apps work fine, but StackLayout Object does not work in Firefox. I know Dashcode use many wekbit-specific things but is there any way I can get StackLayout object o work in Firefox? I would not mind losing some fancy stuff like transition-animations as long as my Views c...

Google toolbar reporting "This page is in Filipino" when it is English

How does Google Toolbar determine the language of a page to offer translation from it? Google is mis-identifiying a simple login page on our site as Filipino and offering to translate it into English. I've tried added a lang="en" attribute to the <html> element of the page, but that seems to have made no difference. Anyone know why thi...