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Serialize/Deserialize objects by reference to transfer json between server and client

by Sheshnath Kumar

This article will find out a solution to serialize/deserialize object by reference at server and client, also will serialize/deserialize objects having circular references.

The Secrets of Firefox Credentials

by Michael Haephrati

Way to fetch stored credentials in more recent versions of Firefox

GitHub Windows Edition: transforming GitHub into Windows 95

by Athari

A walkthrough of creating a user style which changes GitHub user interface to one resembling classic Windows GUI from Windows 9x.

How to Place Mozilla Firefox Browser under Lockdown

by V. Subhash

Use policies.json file to force Firefox to respect your preferences.

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Serialize/Deserialize objects by reference to transfer json between server and client

31 Aug 2016 by Sheshnath Kumar

This article will find out a solution to serialize/deserialize object by reference at server and client, also will serialize/deserialize objects having circular references.

The Secrets of Firefox Credentials

30 Jan 2017 by Michael Haephrati

Way to fetch stored credentials in more recent versions of Firefox

GitHub Windows Edition: transforming GitHub into Windows 95

8 Jul 2018 by Athari

A walkthrough of creating a user style which changes GitHub user interface to one resembling classic Windows GUI from Windows 9x.

How to Place Mozilla Firefox Browser under Lockdown

29 Mar 2023 by V. Subhash

Use policies.json file to force Firefox to respect your preferences.

Selenium Series Part 4: Killing Laying Around Browser Processes for More Consistent Selenium Testing

25 Jun 2018 by Sean Rand

This is an article to help you clean up browser processes during automated Selenium testing.

Web Browser Automation with Selenium using Node.js

6 May 2018 by Sam__Khan

Automated Craigslist parsing with Selenium using Node.js

using javascript to count chars in a textarew is not working in firefox !! why?

28 Mar 2012 by Peter_in_2780

See http://simonwillison.net/2003/Aug/11/documentAll/[^] (and many others) for why you shouldn't use document.all Use document.getElementByID instead. document.all is an obsolete IE4 monstrosity.Cheers,Peter

using javascript to count chars in a textarew is not working in firefox !! why?

28 Mar 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

First problem which caught my eyes was using the property innerText. The official W3C property is textContent; and Mozilla tends to support the standards, unlike IE. Please see:https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM/Node.textContent[^].One cross-browser compatibility trick is using both in...

In Firefox, form.submit() not working

3 Oct 2014 by Snesh Prajapati

Here are the solutions for similar issue:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22555533/form-submit-not-working-in-firefox[^]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17968565/mozilla-form-submit-not-working[^]Please try and let us know the result.

gecko and webkit browser wrapper for .net

15 Nov 2012 by Ashim Malgope

Can someone suggest a (good, open source and updated to the latest version ) .Net library for implementing gecko or webkit browser engine in windows form application?The web browser toolbox contains the default and old IE engine and does not render HTML5 or CSS3 properly.

gecko and webkit browser wrapper for .net

15 Nov 2012 by Ashim Malgope

For latest wrapper visit http://awesomium.com/[^]They have decent solution.

CSS

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Take control of your angle-brackets and optimize. Note: This article spans over the debugging tools for your CSS, JavaScript and other

Firefox OS Browser Simulator

3 Dec 2013 by Siddharth Chandra

FireFox OS Browser Simulator

How to make Browser auto reload or refresh

26 Jan 2016 by jgakenhe

Here is how to check if web page is connected in JavaScript: http://www.kirupa.com/html5/check_if_internet_connection_exists_in_javascript.htm. This is well explained and you should take a look.//I added the location.reload() if connection fails.function doesConnectionExist() { var...

In IE8 and/or Firefox set background to dark and foreground to light.

16 Feb 2017 by RedDk

The solution to annoying garish webpages; say good-bye to all that irritating light while browsing the internet. Keep it dark ... learn how here.

Framework – Your First Framework - Part 1

26 Aug 2018 by Toby Steed

In the last article, we discussed the definition of a framework and expanded on it. And we tried to understand that the idea of writing your own framework isn’t quite as scary as you might think.

Making Selenium 1.0.1 Work with Firefox 3.6

31 Jul 2010 by Thomas Weller

How to make Selenium 1.0.1 work with Firefox 3.6

Browser Manipulation Scripts

25 Sep 2010 by E.F. Nijboer

Try enter this in the location bar: about:configPress enter and accept the terms. Maybe you can find something there. You might also want to have a look at the link below for some additional info on the configuration...

What does "the parser must be similar to the browser" means?

6 Apr 2011 by Pete O'Hanlon

Basically different browsers treat the same markup in slightly (or radically in some cases) different ways. What you are being advised here is to ensure that your browser is capable of creating a Document Object Model (DOM), which is similar to the DOM provided by a browser. If I were you, I'd...

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Why my browsers cannot view security image? How to solve it?

24 Nov 2011 by OriginalGriff

It could be anything!If it is happening on many sites, and many browsers, then it is likely to be related to your PC.Try these things:1) Re-boot your PC.2) Try on a different PC.3) Is it one site? Or a related group of sites? Or many?4) Can you see other images? On all sites, and...

Selenium automates browsers: ComboBox fix using C#

7 Jan 2012 by Luciano Culacciatti

What you need to complete a form with tricky ComboBoxes.

Php script performing differently on Chrome as oppose to IE & FF

21 Jan 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Just a note: your PHP script cannot perform differently on different browsers in principle.This is because the browsers have nothing to do with PHP scripts which is run only on the server. The browsers only receive what is generated by the script on the server side; there is no a way to...

cross browser compatabilty - need help

30 Mar 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I have no idea which of your border, alignment and similar attributes create the loss in cross-browser compatibility. I can tell you why: I never use them. Using such attributes is really a bad thing. I don't even know who develop Web sites using them. Probably none of real Web...

How to turn off FireFox caching ?

10 Apr 2012 by Prasad_Kulkarni

Try this:

Problem while showing pdf on iPad in safari using ovject tag.

27 May 2012 by Manjeet patel

have facing problem while showing pdf on ipad in safari browser. 1. Object tag pdf scroll bar not coming 2. I giving 100% width to object tag but still its not coming full width.both of working find if i see that on windows Firefox browser.Please see below image for ref.Firefox...

Restricting the site to open in firefox

3 Jun 2012 by OriginalGriff

Yes: Hvae a look at the HttpRequest.Browser property[^]Be aware though, that you will severely limit your market / audience if you do that. If you look at the browser statistics[^] you will see that 60% of users will not be able to use your site...

how to disable back button on firefox using javascript

28 Aug 2012 by bhagirathimfs

try thisDisable browser back button[^]

Blocking the navigation using javascript

13 Feb 2013 by Ankur^\m/

I searched for beforenavigate2 firefox[^] and this[^] was the first result. I guess it's what your are looking for.

Creating a toolbar for IE and Firefox

14 Feb 2013 by Daroosh

Can someone guide me to a tutorial to build a complete toolbar for both, IE and Firefox? For IE, i already have a running BHO (built completely in C++), I would like to build a new extension that adds a toolbar to my IE. Same goes for Firefox, would like to build an extension that adds a toolbar...

Creating a toolbar for IE and Firefox

14 Feb 2013 by Daroosh

Found half the solution, A step by step tutorial for creating toolbars for FIREFOX.Hope this helps anyone out there:Step by Step tutorial to building a toolbar in FirefoxNow I still need a tutorial for the IE.Thanks in advance!

A stand alone application or a web based add-on for mozilla or chrome

19 May 2013 by Richard MacCutchan

How to use HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse in .NET[^], may give you some ideas about how to get started.

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Develop a simple Firefox addon

9 Jul 2013 by bbirajdar

Dear OPYou are supposed to do the basic resource yourself. You need to try it first and if you face any specific difficulties, then come back to CP with your code, error messages and questions.Codeproject does not encourage spoon feeding. You need to read the rules for asking questions...

Debugger not activated

9 Aug 2013 by Member 8390746

firebug says "debugger not activated" .How to solve this? I am using mozilla firefox

Get Address info in firefox

26 Aug 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Gecko is a layout engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29[^].It means, the functionality related to the browser windows, their activation and layout is implemented outside of Gecko, in a browser using Gecko or other engine.Your question does not really make sense,...

Javascript working in Chrome but not in Firefox or IE

27 Sep 2013 by SrikantSahu

//If the hr:mm:ss part is removed from the Date object. The code is working fine in IE9var d2 = new Date('2013-09-17');//I wonder , that part can be removed.//new Date() gave me the below result//Sat Sep 28 2013 00:15:53 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)//new Date('2013-09-17') gave the...

Opening firefox from php (xampp)

20 Oct 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Unfortunately, the idea to open Firefox with PHP makes no sense at all. I assume you use PHP in the server side. And Firefox, as you should understand, if the browser, and, hence, this is some GUI. Okay, you run it on the server side, and who will see it? A cleaning person removing dust from all...

Firefox OS Browser Simulator

29 Nov 2013 by Siddharth Chandra

Firefox OS browser simulator using HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3

How to create an Add-on for Firefox?

17 Dec 2013 by Maciej Los

I would suggest you to start here: Creating custom Firefox extensions with the Mozilla build system[^]ADD-on SDK documentation[^]An OpenGL Sample as Firefox Plugin[^]A simple Firefox Addon with XP-COM Component[^]A C++ Firefox component intercepting/operating HTML DOM[^]

How do I find certain objects like AD's with HTML or JS?

5 Feb 2014 by CoderPanda

I think this discussion[^] should help. [Please accept/up-vote answers or solutions that work for you to encourage others]

"All Articles" not showing up anymore in Firefox

8 Apr 2014 by CHill60

Please post this on the "Sugs and Bugs" forum ... http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx[^]

How to open popups automatically after certain time (without blocking)

24 Apr 2014 by Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

The most convenient way to tackle this problem is to implement jQuery Dialog[^].

how to work with size of the browser window ?

2 Jan 2015 by deepankarbhatnagar

HI hope this link will solve your query, please click below:http://www.javascripter.net/faq/browserw.htm[^]Thanks

How to make Browser auto reload or refresh

24 Jan 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak

This has to be a plugin for the browser since, well, if the page doesn't load, neither does your javascript to automatically refresh the page if not available.You'd have to write a plugin for each browser you want to support.

Customization of Basic Http Authentication

8 Apr 2016 by Maxim Komlev

Suppression of Browser dialog of Basic Http Authentication and customization

How to change scrollbar style in mozilla?

8 Jun 2017 by Richard Deeming

Firefox doesn't support custom scrollbar colours. There's a request to add this that's been open for 16 years, with no sign of a resolution: 77790 - (scrollbar-colors) Style the scrollbar (binding ::-moz-horizontal-scrollbar to XBL)[^] If you really need to style the scrollbars, then you're...

How to prevent chrome and firefox from adding mask to time field

9 Jan 2018 by Patrice T

Quote: how to prevent chrome and firefox from adding mask to time field Short answer: Don't use time field, replace with text field and handle everything yourself. The browser is free to do anything it wants to get desired result, it is the same with date or integer.

Computed Properties in React

14 Aug 2018 by Dave Ceddia

Frameworks like Vue have the notion of “computed properties” – a way to derive some new, possibly complex data based on something passed in. This post covers how to achieve the same result in React.

Hi, left click on website links is causing problem in firefox only.

1 Nov 2018 by MadMyche

Based on these 2 items 3. It's happening in Most recent Vs. of fire fox. 4. It's only happening on One system which is my client's system. It is going to be pretty safe to say that something on your client's particular combination of Windows and Firefox is causing the issue. While safe-mode...

How do we modify this code

20 Jul 2019 by RickZeeland

See example in C# here: how to Block and Allow any specific port using c#[^] Note that in the example the string format is not correctly ended with a ): String.Format("advfirewall firewall add rule name=\"{0}\" dir=in action=block protocol={1} localport={2} profile={3}", "My rule name", ...