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Events to Expect when Dynamically Loading iFrames in JavaScript - Take 2 (thanks Firefox 3.5)
18 August 09 01:55 PM | jacobl | 1 Comments   
Just two months ago, I wrote a post on the JavaScript events you could expect when loading iFrames dynamically . Since the behavior highly depends on the browser you are using and the whims of the developer who decided what to fire and when, I put together Read More...
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Caching JavaScript on Your Terms
19 July 09 09:34 AM | jacobl | 1 Comments   
Browsers tend to do what they like with your static content: deciding what to cache and when to refresh. On the server-side, you can specify that certain file types have a designated TTL (time to live) and that works in many cases. There are other cases Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 Intellisense for Ext JS
12 July 09 10:59 AM | jacobl | 0 Comments   
Ever thought it would be totally boss to have JavaScript Intellisense for Ext JS in Visual Studio 2005? Too bad. If you were talking about VS 2008, though, I've got your back. Intelli-Referencing External JavaScript VizitSP is a fairly large project and Read More...
Flash, Silverlight just Stop-Gaps
06 July 09 09:31 AM | jacobl | 1 Comments   
The F.U.D. There has been a lot of talk in the past few weeks about HTML 5 and its supposed takeover on the web (or lack thereof). It's only a matter of time before Flash and Silverlight become less relevant. The CEO of Adobe, Shantanu Narayen, defended Read More...
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Using YUI Compressor with eval
16 June 09 08:16 AM | jacobl | 0 Comments   
YUI Compressor is an excellent JavaScript minifier and obfuscator. But every good thing comes with its compromises. While this tool prides itself on getting some of the best minification numbers I've seen, it's also very reliable. Your code gets smaller Read More...
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KeepAlive for the DotImage WebThumbnailViewer
09 January 09 08:20 AM | jacobl | 0 Comments   
This is my third post on the topic of using a simple Java Script call to keep a server session alive. My first post was on keeping a generic IIS session alive by reloading a hidden GIF , my second was related directly to keeping session state alive for Read More...
Queuing up Your Remote Invokes
24 June 08 01:40 PM | jacobl | 2 Comments   
The WebImageViewer is a very powerful web control that we offer to our customers. It does a lot of work for you behind the scenes to make the experience as application-like as possible. It even takes that a step further with the RemoteInvoke method and Read More...