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• How to stop Internet Explorer from caching AJAX requests

  Posted at 1:53pm on January 31, 2009 under the following categories: Accessibility, JavaScript.

  There are several ways to solve the problem of browsers caching AJAX requests. You can use a 'cache buster' parameter, or you can set the response headers server-side. This article discusses these two options.

• Replacement for “bind” or “bindAsEventListener” in jQuery

  Posted at 8:21pm on December 15, 2008 under the following categories: JavaScript.

  Do you need to use the equivalent of Prototype's "bind" or "bindAsEventListener" in jQuery, passing through "this" context? Read on for more!

• Spell checking in Firefox

  Posted at 9:07pm on December 10, 2008 under the following categories: Browsers, JavaScript.

  Want to know how to spell check an entire web page in Firefox? Or how to add spell-checking to fields that do not have it by default? Read on for more.

• Fixing a disappearing caret in Firefox

  Posted at 1:45pm on October 19, 2008 under the following categories: Browsers.

  The disappearing caret issue in Firefox is very annoying. There are many variations of this bug, most with fixes or workarounds. This fix is for the case where input elements on top of a fixed element do not have a caret.

• Creating a coloured gradient background without images

  Posted at 11:33am on May 3, 2006 under the following categories: Graphical.

  If you want to dynamically create a gradient background without using images, this code does the job and is flexible for most needs.