JavaScript

Checking when browser is closing
Hello all. I've looked on Google and it appears there is no definitive way of checking when someone closes a browser. I need to perform a load of things when the browser closes and need to check when the browser shuts down. How do you deal with it? Graham ... 3 Mar 2010 23:05

ECMA-262-3 in detail. Chapter 6. Closures.
OK, colleagues, as I've mentioned some days ago, the translation one of my articles is finished. I decided to start from the chapter 6 - "Closures". The article is mostly about the general theory of closures and from the viewpoint of this general theory, ECMAScript closures implementation is discussed and explaine... 7 Mar 2010 17:21

FAQ Topic - How do I download a page to a variable? (2010-03-02)
----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ Topic - How do I download a page to a variable? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Although ` XMLHttpRequest ` can be used to download entire pages, it is often used for downloading small pieces of da... 2 Mar 2010 19:12

FF3.6 Stack output from Too Much Recursion
On 02/03/10 00:17, Richard Maher wrote: Sorry for labouring on this but I upgraded to FireFox 3.6 and managed to get a bit more useful output that might ring a bell with somebody. The following is a dump of the exception properties that was thrown from the code below (Search for "4" to locate the source): -... 7 Mar 2010 15:09

FAQ Item?
Given the importance of browsers, perhaps the FAQ should refer to <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/8537763.stm> and <http://www.browserchoice.eu/BrowserChoice/browserchoice_en.htm>. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. ?@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05 IE 7. Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/... 4 Mar 2010 15:47

FAQ Topic - What is Ajax? (2010-03-01)
----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ Topic - What is Ajax? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajax is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. The technology is based on the ` XMLHttpRequest ` Object. At its simplest, it is the se... 28 Feb 2010 20:03

JSLint Reports on last 2 Production Versions of jQuery
Results of jQuery new production version and last production version on JSLint ( http://www.jslint.com/ ) 1.4.2 ,new jQuery production version (compared to the last 'production version', 1.3.2). The new one seems to have about 20% more errors _and_, more importantly, seems (to me) to have more serious errors. ... 9 Mar 2010 05:37

FAQ Topic - How do I open a new window with javascript? (2010-02-28)
----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ Topic - How do I open a new window with javascript? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- New windows can be opened on browsers that support the ` window.open ` function and are not subject to the action ... 27 Feb 2010 19:53

FAQ Entry Proposal: What is (function(){ /*...*/ })() ?
The subject of functions comes up enough that it warrants a section in the FAQ. The section could be inserted before dates. Of the questions on functions, the most common is that of anonymous functions used to create closures, so as 4 Functions 4.1 What is (function(){ /*...*/ })() ? 5 Dates 5.1 Ho... 5 Mar 2010 23:58

FAQ Topic - How do I POST a form to a new window? (2010-02-27)
----------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ Topic - How do I POST a form to a new window? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the target attribute on the form, opening a window with that name and your feature string in the onsubmit handler of... 26 Feb 2010 19:46