Archive for the ‘JavaScript’ Category

OK, so the headline is a bit of an over statement, but for the vast majority of users on the net, this will be the case. The theory is simple – use flash cookies for user tracking (in addition to normal cookies). Flash cookies are not controlled by the browser They cannot be deleted by [...]

FacebookTwitterShare

Just another very quick blog post, this time about loading JavaScript files in web pages, and just a few quick tips, and gotcha’s about it. This is by no means a definitive list, but if you can do most of these things, then you’re certainly on the right track! Do not put ‘document.write’ into JS, [...]

FacebookTwitterShare

AJACSS

In: Development|JavaScript

8 Oct 2009

This is just a very quick post to talk about AJACSS – a bit of a hack, but a nice way to be able to cross-site AJAX. Here’s how to do it “Like JavaScript includes, this works because CSS is not subject to the same-origin policy that affects XMLHttpRequest. CSSHttpRequest functions similarly to JSONP, and [...]

FacebookTwitterShare

About this blog

Blog of Jon Reed. I am Senior Software Engineer, at AOL UK. I believe in working had & playing hard. I love gadgets and technology.

  • Jon Reed: That's the great thing about trying to track people this way. These cookies are detected/set/get all [...]
  • Mike Pearce: Good post and some useful information. However, the biggest problem with use flash cookies is Apple. [...]
  • Paul M.: Congratulations! [...]
  • Mike: Woo! [...]
  • Mike Pearce: Great post mate, some advanced stuff. What do you suggest as an alternative to document.write(). [...]