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The DevEdge RSS-News Ticker Toolbar

The DevEdge news ticker toolbar is an extension for the Netscape 7.1 browser. This toolbar displays headlines for articles from DevEdge, C|Net and NYT. The toolbar extension was created based on the DevEdge Toolbar technote. Published: 2003-7-14

What's New in Netscape 7.1 for Web Developers

Netscape 7.1 promises to quickly become the dominant Netscape browser. Learn about the new features for web developers available in Netscape 7.1. Published: 2003-06-30

Windows Media Player in Netscape 7.1

This article describes how to use the Microsoft Windows Media Player ActiveX control in Netscape 7.1 on Windows. Published: 2003-06-30

Using the :target selector

When a URL points at a specific piece of a document, it can be difficult to ascertain. Fnd out how you can use some simple CSS to draw attention to the target of a URL and improve the user's experience. Published: 2003-06-30

Fighting Junk Mail with Netscape 7.1

Is your mail account drowning in a flood of spam? Netscape 7.1 includes built-in junk mail filtering that you can train to meet your specific needs. Eric Meyer share his experiences with making the junk mail controls more effective, and looks at other preferences you might want to set to keep your account safe. Published: 2003-06-30

Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) Support in Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 1.4

Beginning with Netscape 7.1 (Mozilla 1.4), support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) is built in the browser. This article presents a brief history of IDN and how IDN works in Netscape 7.1 (Mozilla 1.4) as the user types in a non-ASCII domain name or click on a link containing a non-ASCII domain name. Published: 2003-06-30

Revealing Accesskey Information

Accesskeys can make a Web page much more usable, but they're usually so thoroughly hidden that nobody knows they're available, let alone what they are. Contributor Stuart Robinson shows how generated content can be used to make accesskey information visible, and therefore useful as well as usable. Published: 2003-06-20

Accessing Web Services In Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 1.4 Using WSDL Proxying

Learn how to access web services in Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 1.4 using WSDL proxying from JavaScript. Published: 2003-06-06

The Search for the Missing Link

Sometimes, a Web design can make links look so much like regular text that it's hard to see a difference between the two. Contributor Stuart Robertson shows how to take advantage of CSS hover styles to make the links stand out. Published: 2003-05-30

How to Turn Off Form Autocompletion

This technote discusses how a web site can prevent Netscape Gecko-based browsers (such as Mozilla and Netscape 7) from remembering form and password field information in session history cache and also how to prevent the user from being prompted by the browser to store this information. Published: 2003-05-23

Standards-Based Collapsible Table of Contents Widget (CTOCWidget)

Learn how XML and the W3C DOM were used to create the collapsible tree widgets used in the tables of content for the JavaScript Guide and Reference additions to the DevEdge MultiBar Sidebar tab. Published: 2003-05-20

Inner-Browsing: Extending Web Browsing the Navigation Paradigm

This article introduces a paradigm where navigation and access to information occurs inside a web page - as opposed to the traditional model where a new web page is sent to the web browser when new information is requested. Published: 2003-05-16

How to Implement a Netscape MultiBar Sidebar Tab

Learn how to create your own version of DevEdge's MultiBar sidebar tab to reuse on your own site. Published: 2003-05-13

The Importance of Correct Commenting

Learn why writing correct comments is crucial in Gecko in standards mode and in all XML content. Published: 2003-05-12

The XSLT/JavaScript Interface In Gecko

Learn about Gecko's XSLT/JavaScript bindings and how to use the power of XSLT from JavaScript. Published: 2003-05-09