Monthly Archives: May 2010

JAVASCRIPT: be notified when location hash changes

Posted on May 10, 2010 by elciok

I have code that should be fired when the URL at the location bar on the browser changes, most specifically, when the “hash” part of the URL changes. This happens when the user clicks a “a” anchor link to the … Continue reading →

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JAVA: Using Java 6 instead of Java 5 in Mac OS X

Posted on May 8, 2010 by elciok

Using Mac OS X 10.5.8 I was getting some UnsupportedClassVersionError when I tried running my application in Mac OS X. This error means I’m trying to use code compiled in a Java version not supported by my JVM. To check … Continue reading →

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XUL: Allowing DIV text select inside XUL controls in Firefox

Posted on May 3, 2010 by elciok

Needed to use a DIV tag to show some text in a Firefox extension. The problem was that Firefox extensions usually use XUL, not HTML, but we can use HTML controls and tags inside XUL. But the DIV was not … Continue reading →

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