Get Windows username with JavaScript?
I am working a Firefox addon (which is written in JavaScript) and need to determine the Windows user currently logged on. Is there a way to do this? ...
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Move a Firefox window.sidebar.addPanel
Hi, I'm using Horde as webmail. I found a sweet option: Add the Horde Menu as a Mozilla Sidebar It uses a window.sidebar.addPanel to create a sidebar with Mail folders tree inside. This sidebar is on the left. Is there a way to place this sidebar on the right as bit.ly sidebar? Thanks ...
Any plans to use Firefox sync in Thunderbird?
I was wondering if there are any plans to use Mozilla Firefox sync in Mozilla Thunderbird? It would be nice if I can sync my mail profile as easy as date in Firefox. ...
Firefox: window.open prevents img.src from loading
Hi. I've heard some rumors I can't seem te replicate. And now I'm curious if any of you have experiences with this issue. Our analytics system uses JavaScript to generate an image of 1x1 pixels. This 'image' is registering all of our visitors behaviour. Now consider the following (simplified) JavaScript code: function visitLink (url)...
Browser Memory Consumtion (FireFox)
I am developing a Web Application. I have the feeling, that the browsers memory consumption is higher than it should be with my application. Is there a way or tool by which I can see what parts do consume the memory of the browser? ...
cURL Proxy Identification
I was wondering if I can use cURL in my .Net application to authenticate to a proxy and then connect with a browser without the annoying authenticate window popping up?? Thanks! ...
VB.Net 2008 Chrome or Firefox control
I'm trying to figure out a way to have multiple sessions at the same website at the same time. I've been using the SHDocVw.InternetExplorer control in Visual Studio 2008 to open a web browser and log in, but at times we need to use a separate login. I haven't found a way to do this using just internet explorer (it just uses the credent...
Firefox Iframe Memory leak
We are working on a JavaScript application that does has been crashing for no reason that we can see. The nature of the application is that it uses javascript to redirect the page every few seconds. and rotates through a number of web pages in a set ammount of time. So in searching for a potential memory leak in our code we set it up t...
document.createElement() creates unclosed tag?
This happens in Firefox, but not in Google Chrome. I create an SVG 'Image' tag in an svg-web canvas like this: im = document.createElementNS(svgns, 'image'); im.setAttributeNS(xlinkns, 'href', g.href); canvas.appendChild(im); And if I look in firebug or chrome's debugger, the svg shows up self-closed like this: <image xlink:href=".....
Google Visualization in JQuery Tabs not Displaying in Firefox 3.6.3
Hey Everyone, I seem to have a strange problem. I am working on a simple dashboard that is using JQuery tabs to organize and display Google Visualization graphs. I am using a modified PHP wrapper to generate the JavaScript for the Google Vis side of things. The Google Visualization graph renders correctly in Chrome, Safari, and Safari f...
Is there a way to click a link in Firefox and open a file in an existing VIM session?
Hi there, I know it's possible to open links in an html page (let's say, if you're using Firefox) with TextMate if the link has this format: <a href="txmt://open?url=file:///home/.../index.html.haml">View</a> But is it possible to do a similar thing with VIM? Perhaps like so: <a href="vim://open?url=file:///home/.../index.html.haml"...
Javascript break breaks Firefox
Hi, I'm working on this Javascript script that works nice in Safari and Chome but for some reason it doesn't work at all in Firefox. I identified the line that caused this: it's "break;". How do I fix this? ...
xpcom array can transfer in different xul files ?
Now I am developing a firefox extension, can I define a global array in a js with the main xul . and I found when I use it in another js with another xul , it could not worked , so I searched the document of Firefox development. I found a common array can not be transfered between two js files with different xul files. and then I difined...
python code to retrieve url from mozilla
hi expert, is it any possibilities to retrieve currently open url in Mozilla firefox using python ...
How do I change Firefox config programatically at runtime?
I want to use selenium/JUnit to do some mobile emulator testing using the FireMobileSimulator plugin. Given that the plugin can emulate a number of different phones, I'd like to be able to cycle through testsswapping out devices as required. The device being emulated is controlled by two config options. Being able to manipulate these pr...
linking to a shared folder in firefox
i have an asp hyperlink i want to link it to a .doc file found on a shared folder. i was able to do this in internet explorer but not in firefox: my code: hlc.NavigateUrl = @"file:\\direct\upload\file.doc"; ...
Plugin methods are missing in Firefox 3.6
Hi, We have a plugin that we use to enable printing and saving from our app. We instantiate it using tag with all needed attributes, and then call Save() or Print() method on the document.embeds[0] object. This used to work perfectly on Firefox 3.5 and earlier, but it no longer works in Firefox 3.6. In 3.6, document.embeds[0].Save is n...
How to avoid strange characters before the request in firefox?
Hi, on a website i'm currently developing I'm using jquery to do all sort of magic things :-) In firefox however, when I load jquery 1.4.2 there are sometimes funny characters in front of the request. You can see the strangers characters in this screenshot (thank you firebug). In safari, Chrome and IE these funny characters don't app...
URLs with query stripped of ampersands appearing in error logs
I've noticed a curious phenomena popping up in my error logs recently. If, as the result of processing a form, I redirect my users to the URL http://www.example.com/index.php?foo=bar&bar=baz, I will see the following two URLs in my log http://www.example.com/index.php?foo=barbar=baz http://www.example.com/index.php?foo=bar&bar=...
Firefox slow on page with many iframe
I have about 10+ iframes in a page, and it's slowing down Firefox3.6.x substantially. Is there anything I can do about this? i.e. modify the DOM somehow, or suspending certain events etc etc ? ...