Questions tagged [web-application]
Questions about integrating web applications to your desktop. Questions about web applications themselves belong on Webapps.
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’Create application shortcut...' Chrome's feature in Firefox?
As you probably know 'Create application shortcut...' in Chrome creates desktop/taskbar shortcut to the web application (current URL). When the corresponding shortcut is clicked, Chrome opens separate ...
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Firefox standalone web app on desktop, similar to Chrome "Add to desktop"
How can I make a single-page web app into a standalone desktop application, on Firefox, similar to Chrome's "Add to desktop..." option? Platform is Linux.
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Mailing List Application?
Mailing lists are great, but they're a fundamentally different beast than email. It seems strange to me to keep mailing lists in my email program (Gmail). Of course I have folders set up to ...
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Change chrome application shortcut icon on taskbar in linux mint
I use a lot of web applications on Linux Mint. I'm confused with the icons being the chrome-icon all the time i.e. the same icon for all running programs.
So how can I change the Chrome application ...
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How do I allow a remote user to connect to a web app running on my PC?
I have created a web application in Eclipse, and a DB2 database server is running on my PC. I can access the web application through the address
http://localhost:8080/LimsWeb
I used Team Viewer ...
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In KDE plasma 5, how to I create standalone launchers/desktop shortcuts to web apps like gmail?
I use two operating systems daily: Ubuntu 15.04 with the Unity desktop environment and Manjaro with KDE-plasma-5 desktop. I spend a good chunk of time in my email and it is convenient for me to have ...
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How do you "Edit As New" in Outlook Online?
I want to edit and send again a message that I sent with Outlook Online (in outlook.office.com, part of Office 365). This thread explains how to do it in Microsoft Outlook but the options in Outlook ...
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Firefox equivalent of : google-chrome --app=http://website.com
A specific website can be launched in Google Chrome without any visible interface (navigation bar, tabs or menus) using the command : google-chrome --app=http://website.com
Is there an equivalent for ...
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App created in spreadsheet vs programming a full application - is there a middle ground? [closed]
A colleague has a home-grown application in Google Documents, that involves users filling in a form, alternative questions being asked depending on what the answers are, and then outputting a ...
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How do I manage contacts from multple accounts (twitter, facebook, gmail, etc,.)?
I have quite a few of online accounts that I use that have contacts within them. Here are a few examples:
Gmail (4 accts)
Google+
FaceBook
LinkedIn
Outlook.com
The list goes on
Within these ...
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Service or tool for storing all IM chat
I normally use different IM applications (Pidgin, Digsby, MSN etc.) on several computers. Is there some tool or web application for storing the chat logs online and that allows searching through them?
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Overlay a fullscreen Remote Desktop Connection
What are the options to overlay a Remote Desktop Connection?
The connection is in fullscreen mode. So the taskbar of the host system is no longer visible.
A Brwoser on the host system runs a web ...
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Can I put Applications into Dropbox? If not, is there anywhere else I can?
I am wondering if I can use Dropbox to put applications in, or if there is another 'cloud' that I can use. This would make transferring applications from computer to computer much easier.
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Security Beyond a Username/Password?
I have a webapp that requires security beyond that of a normal web application. When any user visits the domain name, they are presented with two text fields, a username field, and a password field. ...
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How to Log Into a Web App Simultaneously with Different Account?
I want to log into a web application, using at least ten account names at one single point of time ( I am not trying to do anything illegal, so don't worry). AFAIK, each tab in Chrome will share the ...
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Is there a webmail client which can handle mutiple mail accounts? [closed]
Everyone here must be aware of mail clients which can handle multiple email accounts simultaneously(eg. Thunderbird or Outlook). These are desktop clients which should my installed on the clients ...
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How IP ban system works? [closed]
Can anyone tell me how the IP ban system works? I have Dynamic IP, every time i start my PC I have a different IP. I want to know how a site (like a chat system) knows my IP and it keeps me banned.
I ...
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Hosting my own note-taking application
I have a server. I'd really like to be able to log into a website that I host and do something like take notes for a class, record some thought, etc. Is there any software that would allow me to do ...
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What can I do when a whole core of my CPU are run out when I just visit a specific website?
I'm a markdown fan, and there is a very useful tool named Typora (It is free but not open source).
When I went to its official website to download it, there was neither animation nor complicated ...
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Open a direct file on the hard drive from Firefox (file:///)
I have a small PHP system I created for myself. This system contains a few .doc and .docx file documents. I want to be able to open them directly from the browser without downloading them.
I created ...
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Making web applications more like desktop applications in Firefox
As time goes, I find myself using more and more web applications, and it's great, except for one thing: it would be more convenient to move each app into a separate window with minimal chrome (no ...
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Bookmarking web pages
I have some web pages which I'd like to take an eye on at home, not at work.
The thing is my google chrome at work is not synchronized with my google chrome at home, so my bookmarks are not the same.
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Implementing fail2ban the correct way
I have a Django web app where people write comments and upvote/downvote others' comments. The webserver is gunicorn + nginx (reverse proxy). The db is postgresql. The db and web app reside in two ...
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Collaborative use of bibtex as an online database (JabRef)?
I am thinking about a collaborative effort, where several people would need to insert data; for different reasons, it would be most convenient that this data is in bibtex format (the references format ...
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Whats the next desktop application you would like to see moved to the web? [closed]
I'm trying to come up with some ideas on creating a new web app.
I want it to be a useful web app for business.
Anyone have any itches that need to be scratched?
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Securing a webapp with nginx, modSecurity and pfsense
As a hobby project, I started a website on my PC. I built it with nginx and everything worked fine.
Now, trying to secure it, things get complicated.
Im trying to setup a firewall/waf physically on ...
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Redirect request for specific URL to other URL [closed]
I use the Google Hangouts Webapp (https://hangouts.google.com, not the extension) in Chrome on Windows 10. I also have a local Linux webdev machine that also runs a litely-configured DNSMasq instance ...
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How does an Web Accelerator differ from a simple WebServer or CDN?
I was reading an article about Web Application configurations and I came across the concept of a Web Accelerator, but reading the list of features it seems it provides pretty much of the features that ...
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Block new tabs on Chrome kiosk mode
I am currently developping a webapp using Powerapps for a company as an intern. The application is doing great but still has a big security issue with it... external links.
As the title implies, I'm ...
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Commit charge memory not reaching its full potential
I have several virtual IIS servers (2016) with multiple applications.
26 GB RAM
8 vCPU
Im getting lots of Event ID: 2004 in event viewer on several servers:
Log Name: System
Source: ...
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Firefox: How do I perform "Move to New Popup Window" on a tab?
Firefox has a tab bar context menu item "Move to New Window". This will create a new window with all the default window configuration, incl. vertical tabs, location bar and whatever else one might ...
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Restoring internet explorer web application association
I have a computer running windows xp where I can't find any way to open internet explorer in order to browse the web. Indeed if I click the ie icon or if I type iexplore from run, it always opens this ...
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how download link in vps from net ( with web appliction )?
I have vps and i want download link from net like rapid share ( with account ) or from direct link or also torrent...
is there any web application with php or python to download link form net?
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SQL Windows authentication from Web application?
Is it possible to use MSSQL Windows authentication to connect from one server to another using web application? Both servers are in the same VPN.
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How do your prevent your main constituency from gaming your (ratings) site?
Let's say I create a site to rank doctors/lawyers based on reviews/ratings by people who have used their services.
How do I prevent that constituency from logging on, creating fake accounts and ...
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Google RSS Reader interface bug while viewing a channel
Using Google RSS Reader within the Chrome browser, sometimes when I open a channel I get an interface bug as shown in this picture below. Do you know any solution to fix this?
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Query CSV like SQL and generate graphs and charts?
Is there an application or website that takes CSV files, loads them into a DB, allows SQL queries to be run on them and then creates charts or graphs with the results?
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Update: I installed MAMP, ...
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How to create a burp shortcut on your windows desktop
I have been trying to figure out how to get a windows shortcut for burp. If anyone else can figure out a different way instead of java -jar -Xmx768m "C:\tools\burpsuite_free_v1.6.32.jar"
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Start Firefox in fullscreen with no easy way to exit
I would like Firefox to start automaticaly in fullscreen mode and with no menus, tabs, etc...
It's for an app, and the users should not be able to easily exit the app.
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MS Teams PWA captures all keys on sway
How do I turn off capturing some keybindings in brave/chrome installed PWA app?
I have installed MS Teams in Brave trough settings->more tools->create shortcut.
Using wayland, sway and pipewire ...
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Why is Nginx reverse proxy to Bokeh server not working?
I am trying to set up Nginx reverse proxy to a web app being served by Python bokeh server as instructed here:
https://bokeh.pydata.org/en/latest/docs/user_guide/server.html
For testing I am using a ...
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Edit host file to redirect domains, Hackxor?
I am playing with a vulnerable web application game called Hackxor. The installation instruction says...
"Configure your hosts file (/etc/hosts on linux) to redirect the following domains to the IP ...
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Which hardware cannot be accessed by web-based apps? [closed]
Everyone is saying that hybrid apps are better than web-based app, because, for example, a web-based app has hard time accessing the phone's hardware. But it seems HTML5 apps can access easily the ...
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What's a good work flow web or desktop app?
I'm looking for an application where I can draw workflows, a bit similar to a flow chart diagram but more loose with the rules. For instance, a typical workflow to ask a question here is:
Search for ...
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Chrome: Disable x-frame options for a given website?
Is there any way to whitelist webpages for ignoring the XFrame-options header of their iframes sources?
My particular usecase would be comic-rocket.com, which serves as a manager for webcomics. It ...
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What's the recommended way to use/install webapps on Arch Linux? [closed]
I'm trying to figure out the best way to robustly setup webapps on my Arch Linux + nginx server. The way I used to do it before was to download and unpack e.g. latest version of dokuwiki/wordpress ...
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Are there any RSS-to-email gateways that provide for periodic emails less frequently than every day? [closed]
Once a week is ideally what I'm looking for (as opposed to something like this)
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How to stop all web-workers? They're draining my battery
A great many websites leave "web workers" running in the background even after you've left their website and closed the browser tab.
I'm told that the only way to kill them all is to clear ...
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Set default options for web application? [closed]
I use web RegEx101 quite allot, I have it bookmarked.
Every time I open it via my bookmark it and the website is loaded, a bunch of irrelevant settings are the default settings. Such as PCRE2 RegEx ...
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How to move to next slide in PowerPoint Web App?
I have a PowerPoint file in SharePoint. When I copy a link to share the file (e.g. in a meeting agenda), then I click on that link, it opens up in the PowerPoint Web App. In there, if I'm editing a ...
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