How do I stop a website messing with the history in “Back” and “Forward” buttons
I’ve just noticed that the website formerly known as Twitter has an annoying habit. I don’t use the app, so rely on a browser. Now that the Xodus is underway, I have other such sites in my general browse list, and I use the back/forward buttons in the browser to go between them. In doing so, I went “Back” to the Twitter site and then discovered my “Forward” button greyed itself out, no longer having a “future-history” of sites I looked at ahead of Twitter.
tail-like view on HTML logfiles
I’m working on an application that creates HTML log files. I’m tired of having to manually reload and scroll to the bottom in the browser to see the latest entries.
What is meant by sandboxing?
Sanboxing is listed as one of the many security features in html5 specification . Can someone explain what is meant by sandboxing? Does it relate to HTML only or to JavaScript also?
Pure Java web browser, is it practical? [closed]
Closed 11 years ago.
How does a browser determine that a script has run for too long? [closed]
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How does font rendering actually work?
I realize that I know essentially nothing about the way fonts get rendered in my computer.
Browser support for internal corporate tools
We are on the verge of a conversion. For years, our company supported only IE for its internal (intranet) home-built tools.
Why are custom PDF download options preferred over ctrl+p?
Why do I, as a developer, have to go through so much trouble developing PDF download options for my clients when everyone in the world can simply hit Ctrl+P and life is good?
Searching for text within a webpage
I’m currently designing a search algorithm for a document, and just got curious about this while designing the algorithm: how do web browsers search a webpage?
Would Python be too slow for client-side use in Browsers?
I’ve heard the statement that Python would be too slow to be of any use in browsers.