Date: 03/19/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: browser

I'm seriously considering switching to Firefox from Opera, which I've used for the last 6 years.

Since I normally have a dozen+ pages open in my browser, it's important to keep the desktop tidy. I love the way Opera lets you place all your page tabs on the side of your screen. You know what I mean?
There doesn't seem to be an easy way to do that in Firefox. Am I missing something obvious?

Thank you.

(Crossposted to firefoxusers)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/263182.html

Date: 03/20/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: browser, google

The reasons I discourage date's in a permalink are: It is redundant information as date is already part of the post information and need not be additionally within the url. Search engines like google, which gives importance to words in URL's will be poisoned by url's with date embedded. Most browsers display a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-i-discourage-embedding-date-in-urls-including-wordpress-permalinks-and-also-other-cms/

Date: 03/22/05 (Security)    Keywords: browser

Mac maker fixes 10 vulnerabilities and offers a solution to a pernicious browser-based phishing threat.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Apple+patches+Mac+OS+X+flaws/2100-1009_22-5629084.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/23/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: browser

for all the info and input you all gave me on my last post. I am having so much fun with themes and extensions...this is like a whole new world for me!

I do have another question: does anyone know if there are ever plans for a build that will allow for things like certain text effects and custom scrollbars to be seen, like in IE? Going without those features is a small price to pay for a better and safer browser, but it would still be nice.

I still have not had a chance to look at the links you all suggested in regards to my launch problem, but I will as soon as I have a decent chunk of time on my hands to sit down here and play on my computer.

Thanks again!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/265421.html

Date: 03/23/05 (Security)    Keywords: browser, security

The open-source browser maker rushes out a security patch for a previously unknown flaw and advises all users to update.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mozilla+fixes+risky+Firefox+flaw/2100-1009_22-5632148.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/24/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, browser, java

Hi all
I am trying to use a javascript to confirm the deletion of a user in one of my PHP programs. I am using the javascript function confirm(). They way I read it, if the user presses cancel, all action from the form should stop and the browser will remain on the same age. If the user presses ok then the action of the form should be followed out. However whats happening is that no matter which button is pressed the action of the form is carried out. Am I missing something really obvious?

Here is the javascript :

	function confirm_delete()
	{
		var msg = "Are you sure you want to delete the user?";
		
		if (confirm(msg))
			//window.alert("Delete");
			location.replace("delete_user.php");
		else
			//window.alert("dont delete");
			location.replace("list_users.php");
	}

form method="POST" name="delete_user17" action="delete_user.php" onsubmit="confirm_delete();"
input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="17"

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/276608.html

Date: 03/25/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: browser

Consumers and small businesses represent most of the upstart browser's user base, but the Internet Explorer challenger is gaining traction among larger companies.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Firefox+making+inroads+to+the+enterprise/2100-9588_22-5633825.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/25/05 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: php, mysql, browser, database, sql

I'm trying to create a PHP browser-based chat room application. It will include Savant, JPSpan, and a custom MySQL wrapper class. The server is running PHP 4.3.10 and MySQL 4.0.18-standard. Now that the background information is out of the way, to the real issue at hand...

I obviously want the application to be able to support as many users as the server will allow. That said, the application must be as efficient as possible in terms of the database design and implementation. The database will be relational in design. There will be tables for rooms, users, and posts made by users to rooms. The application will also include a feature to allow users to search posts. My plan at the moment is to use a HEAP table as a buffer for current posts, given that they provide a speed advantage because they exist in memory and use hash indexing. On some sort of timed interval, posts would be moved from the HEAP table to a separate permanent table for archived posts.

However, this approach would require that posts be archived regularly over the course of the day. The more frequently posts are archived, the smaller the number of posts that could potentially be lost due to a server crash, power less, etc. The HEAP table really only needs to hold posts long enough for them to propagate to users. I'm not certain what frequency would be best.

Also, because HEAP tables don't support the TEXT field type, the HEAP table would initially need a VARCHAR(255) field for the post body. The application would have to check the length of posts when users submit them and then ALTER the table to add additional VARCHAR(255) fields, split the post body up to store it across those fields, and then concatenate the value of those fields to display the post. Since displaying each post would require getting all fields in the table anyway, it should be fairly easy for the application to figure out with each display how many fields it needs to concatenate to display the post body.

Any input? Any alternative approaches? I probably neglected to mention some tenant of my application requirements, so if you have questions, please ask, and I'll most certainly answer them. I think I've covered most of the bases, though. HEAP tables are a new concept to me, so I'm mostly lingering in the world of hypotheses before I actually try to make this work.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mysql/52183.html

Date: 03/25/05 (PHP Development)    Keywords: php, mysql, browser, sql, web

Hi, I do not know how to code PHP, but I do know how to impliment PHP scripts. I've been looking for a GPL one that does the following:

Forces download (header script that forces the "save" dialog. I'm serving mp4s and I want to make sure they don't load in the browser).

Anti-Leech (hides the true URL of my mp4s, and allows only referring servers I've entered into the script to download, otherwise people are redirected to the page of my choice)

Download Counter (either flat files or MySQL).

And that's it. I found scripts that do bits and pieces of this, but only one that does it all—and you have to pay for it (you can actually use it for free but it appends the site's name to the downloaded files unless you register the pro version). This script is called "Download Center Lite" and can be found at www.Stadtaus.com. I tried to crack it, but they've done clever things in the script to prevent that.

Also, I've found "Download Centers" that do much of these, but that's just for having a specific page with download links. I want to be able to dynamically call to these mp4 links from various pages on my website, not just from one.

Ideas?

This message was also posted in the LJ community "PHP."

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php_dev/53455.html

Date: 03/25/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, mysql, browser, sql, web

Hi, I do not know how to code PHP, but I do know how to impliment PHP scripts. I've been looking for a GPL one that does the following:

Forces download (header script that forces the "save" dialog. I'm serving mp4s and I want to make sure they don't load in the browser).

Anti-Leech (hides the true URL of my mp4s, and allows only referring servers I've entered into the script to download, otherwise people are redirected to the page of my choice)

Download Counter (either flat files or MySQL).

And that's it. I found scripts that do bits and pieces of this, but only one that does it all—and you have to pay for it (you can actually use it for free but it appends the site's name to the downloaded files unless you register the pro version). This script is called "Download Center Lite" and can be found at www.Stadtaus.com. I tried to crack it, but they've done clever things in the script to prevent that.

Also, I've found "Download Centers" that do much of these, but that's just for having a specific page with download links. I want to be able to dynamically call to these mp4 links from various pages on my website, not just from one.

Ideas?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/277137.html

Date: 03/25/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: browser, web

I often work with multiple webpages open at the same time. I have tendency to use online documentations and work mostly on browser based applications. So it is a pain to restart and opening them again. Bookmarking doesn't solve because firstly you have to individually bookmark the pages and secondly its a pain to open. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/firefox-tip-how-to-retain-multiple-open-pages-tabbed-across-operating-system-restart/

Date: 03/29/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, css

quirky-ness.com/school/onelinenews

Alrighty, age old problem: page works fine in IE (and Avant) but not in Firefox, Opera or Netscape. This was my first real venture into using DIVs, SPANs and more CSS intead of tables and such. So things don't line up the same in the other browsers.
So um yeah, any suggestions to remedy that would be grand. I'm also looking for a critique of the code since it would be nice to be doing this div thing right, and any comments design-wise would be cool too (for those who can see it right...).
I also get an error thing in IE apparantly in line 2 char 1 but... that's just a blank space...

<3 =o)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/843015.html

Date: 03/29/05 (Opera Browser)    Keywords: browser, web

Whud up!

I have a problem. All of the sudden my Opera browser lost an adequate cookies control! Strange, I have all the settings turned ON for it to work, but every new session or even new opened tab releases any variables set for the website and I forced to enter all the login info again (i.e. livejournal.com or any other website that requires login procedure), its very irritating. Maybe anyone of you had the same problem?

Excuse me for my bad english.

UPD: the cause was incremented year by one. I've lived in 2006. Ma bro gonna die 4 that :))

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/opera_browser/29376.html

Date: 03/30/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: browser, css, html, xml, java, web

Since Mozilla Suite is no longer being developed, and Firefox is where everything is going, I decided it was time for me to make the jump. In the process I picked up a number of extensions and thought I'd document them in one place.

AniDisable - control animated gifs
Checky - links to validation services for XHTML, XML, CSS, etc.
ChromEdit - profile editor
ColorZilla - allows you to pick up a color from any element in the browser
Disable Targets For Downloads - prevents empty windows/tabs when you click a binary link
EditCSS - make realtime tweaks to a pages CSS
FoxyTunes - control your media player (iTunes, WinAmp, etc) from the browser chrome
Html Validator (based on Tidy) - validate HTML right in the browser, locally
I must not fear! - OK, so this just adds the line from Dune to the Tools menu. I like it. ;-)
ieview - open the current page in ie, useful for development testing
Image Zoom - pretty much what it sounds like
JavaScript Debugger - what it says
Linkification - makes plaintext URLs links
Linky - adds options for handling links
Longdesc - let's you view the longdesc attribute on images
miniT (drag+indicator) - drag tabs to reorder
Preferential - advanced preferences editor
Tabbrowser Preferences - provides a UI for editing hidden tab preferences
TinyUrl Creator - easily create a TinyURL from the current page
User Agent Switcher - lets you mimic other user agents
View Cookies - adds a tab to Page Info showing the cookies set by the page
Web Developer - adds a toolbar with web development tools

Anyone want to suggest something I should check out that I missed?

I also find this most useful - there are UIs in Firefox that aren't accessible. The chrome is there from the Suite, but the 'simplified' UI of FF has removed the links to the sub-elements: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dev_:_FireFox_Chrome_URLs

For example: chrome://pippki/content/pref-ssl.xul - which also brings you here: chrome://pippki/content/pref-ciphers.xul - I like to disable weak ciphers.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/267824.html

Date: 03/31/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: browser

So since the March 29th nightly build of Camino it's really weird. You know a lot of site require IE 6.0 (or whatever it is M$ is hocking these days), or Safari. However, most will recognize Camino. And you can even add some script via Mozilla's site to "lie" to sites and make them think it's IE (which I did a week or two ago actually, plus a couple of other things). Musicmatch, gay.com are a couple of sites that require this.

Since the March 29th nightly build I can't load any site like that. Most sites I have no problem with, but a few flat out don't recognize the browser. Any thoughts?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/268743.html

Date: 03/31/05 (Security)    Keywords: browser

A Firefox guru receives a $2,500 reward for finding flaws in Mozilla's browser.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Bug+hunter+gets+bounty+from+Mozilla/2100-1009_22-5648971.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/02/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: browser, html, linux

Hi. I wonder if someone could tell me what applications exist for a(n un)certain set of uses. I dig through shareware now and then, but maybe I've missed it and maybe the right tools cost a bit of money.

I want a program that:


1. Edits Text. Don't care that much about formatting. (if it does markup text, I'd prefer it to store as HTML)

2. has a file browser docked into the application. I'd really like this to be navigable with simple arrow keys in Lynx style (which might not have saved Lynx, but it's Midnight Commander's best feature).

3. runs quickly on older machines. The features I'm listing aren't very heavy.

4. has mouse functionality to the extreme. Mouse gestures would be ideal. Have the wheel do something intelligent at the very least.

5. can quickly go through the files in a directory. Next file/prev file buttons.

So it's more useful as a browser/viewer than an editor, but can do both. I'd listen to a solution or partial solution regardless of the operating system, though Windows and Linux are what I use.


And I've tailored something in VB6 that does this much, plus it's a pretty handy picture viewer. It works alright, but I'd like to know what else exists. I can make an installer available if anyone else has had similar frustrations.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/650928.html

Date: 04/05/05 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: browser, asp, security, web

I am new to asp.net and i recently bought some new webspace.

when i uploaded the directories from my computer to my webspace they stopped working and i kept getting this error:

"Server Error in '/' Application."

now strangly enough if i upload all of the data without it's own folder into the main directory of my webspace then it works...how would i be able to get it to work by uploading each project in it's own directory?

this is the description of the error:

"Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off"."

I've changed the web.config file in the way in which the error page told me to and i'm still getting the same message.

what's going wrong here then? (I'm still quite new to all of this).

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/30825.html

Date: 04/06/05 (Security)    Keywords: browser

Hole found in popular open-source browser could release sensitive information stored in memory.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Flaw+found+in+Firefox/2100-1009_22-5655861.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/06/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: browser

this is my main page in question: page in question it works perfectly in my browser which is faststone 4in1 browser- and in Internet explorer, however when viewed in mozilla firefox the page has overlapping tables and stuff, how can i sort this out?

i used visual studio .net 2003 pro to build it, hence it being IE orientated.

i presume that you can get the coding by "viewing source".

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/186676.html