Questions tagged [web-browser]
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Could JQuery and similar tools be built into the browser install?
After reading another question about JQuery and CDN's, is it feasible for tools like JQuery to "come with" the browser, thus reducing/eliminating the need for the first download from a CDN, or from your own host server.
JQuery files specifically are…
ozz
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Why is it unrealistic to expect all browsers to support the same standards?
Ideally, we would have different browsers supporting the same standards and same code producing the same result on all browsers.
That hasn't happened yet. What are the reasons why?
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How can I discover a local network appliance and connect to its built-in webserver?
This question is vaguely Internet of Things (IoT) related - but it's about the intra-net (no external internet connection in this scenario - we are air-gapped). Let's say I have a new smart household appliance. This smart appliance can connect to…
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How should you approach supporting rapidly-updating web browsers?
Today, Firefox 5 was released. If all goes according to plan, Firefox 7 will be out by the end of the year. Firefox has adopted the Google Chrome development model wherein version numbers are largely unimportant and so just supporting "the latest…
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Should web browsers include popular web framework libraries?
What reasons are there for web browsers to not have a library of popular web frameworks.
For example if a web page included jQuery, why shouldn't the browser have it's own static version, which is separate from the normal cached items?
I would…
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In SPA what happens in terms of memory and performance when user hops across all the pages?
Imagine a humongous web aplication built using Single Page Application framework such as AngularJS. With its each route it downloads a couple of HTML template files. Each of these template files contain JS files unique to it. So, now when each of…
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How does a browser determine that a script has run for too long?
How does a browser determine that a script has run for too long ? Is it actually configurable through some advanced settings ?
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Is there a useful correlation between choice of web-browser/search engine and good quality programmers?
After a round of interviews earlier this year, which included some practical questions with access to a computer, I noticed that, at least for the applicants we were seeing, there was a high inverse correlation between quality of applicant and the…
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Should the web client (web browser) be counted as a tier in n-tier architecture?
In a course, a test's solution says the following has a 4-tier architecture
But it seems to have a 3-tier architecture to me.
I don't count the client (web browser) as a tier itself, but the test's solution seems to count it.
Which one is correct,…
Tim
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How to implement a text editor in a browser?
This is purely an exercise in self improvement and education.I am trying to implement an extension for a vi-like text editor within a browser. Can anyone give any advice or pointers as to where and how I should start?
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How do I avoid increased memory consumption by browser and performance degradation when dealing with many records?
In my MVC 5 web application there are many instances in which users will require to view thousands of records within grids, now I managed to get around many performance related issues by utilising the following:
Lazy data loading.
JSON…
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Efficient development process for Golang (or any backend) and JavaScript?
I am developing a web application. The frontend is a mix between JavaScript and server-side generated html. The backend is written in Golang. Might not be very important, but if somebody made a similar experience with that language, it could be of…
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A local/internal deployment of something like Campfire for developers
I've been looking at Campfire by 37Signals and it looks like a great tool for collaboration between developers but we need something that can be deployed internally. Any good options out there?
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How to improve this synchronous job execution design?
Here is the design step by step:
User opens a webpage
Inputs few details in the form
Click submit
Request goes to API server
API server creates a pod in Kubernetes
Pod executes a script and stores the output in shared storage
Another pod keeps…
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Offline-Login Procedure in PWA
I have kind of a unique usecase:
Phones that are used to connect to the app might be shared
Connections are very unstable (sometimes no connection for half a day)
Data should be accessible through the interface only by an authenticated user
The…
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