This question already has answers here: Detect the Internet connection is offline? (22 answers) Closed 7 years ago. How do you check if there is an internet connection using jQuery? That way I could have some conditionals saying “use the google cached version of JQuery during production, use either that or a local version during … Read more
I was searching for a way how to communicate between multiple tabs or windows in a browser (on the same domain, not CORS) without leaving traces. There were several solutions: using the window object postMessage cookies localStorage The first is probably the worst solution – you need to open a window from your current window … Read more
Is there a way to force PDF files to open in the browser when the option “Display PDF in browser” is unchecked? I tried using the embed tag and an iframe, but it only works when that option is checked. What can I do? 14 Answers 14
Can someone give me a step by step description of how cookie based authentication works? I’ve never done anything involving either authentication or cookies. What does the browser need to do? What does the server need to do? In what order? How do we keep things secure? I’ve been reading about different types of authentication … Read more
I’m trying to detect the position of the browser’s scrollbar with JavaScript to decide where in the page the current view is. My guess is that I have to detect where the thumb on the track is, and then the height of the thumb as a percentage of the total height of the track. Am … Read more
I have a website (Flash) localized into a dozen of languages and I want to auto-define a default value depending on the user’s browser settings in order to minimize the steps to access the content. FYI, I cannot use server scripts due to proxy restrictions, so I guess JavaScript or ActionScript would be appropriate to … Read more
I’m inspecting an h2 element on a web page using Google Chrome’s element inspector and some of the CSS rules–which appear to be applied–are grayed out. It seems that a strike-through indicates that a rule was overridden, but what does it mean when a style is grayed out? 8 Answers 8
I want my web page to beep whenever a user exceeds the maximum character limit of my <textarea>. 17 Answers 17
Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question How can I detect if a user is viewing my web site from a mobile … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 12 years ago. Improve this question Can somebody tell me what all happens behind the scenes from the time I type in a URL in the browser to the … Read more
