There can be AJAX behavior even when the URL changes in browser?

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If using the current Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, when switching between

http://www.facebook.com/my_name
http://www.facebook.com

The side panel for feed and chat, and any chat box actually stays. I thought when the URL changes, the page has to refresh as a whole, but obviously, this is not the case here. How is that done?

On IE 9, the URL actually became http://www.facebook.com/#! and using the "hash" to do ajax without refreshing the page, which is more understandable.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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You can change the URL and page history from javascript without actually reloading the page.

See this answer on another question.

Note, that if you type the new URL by yourself and press enter the whole page reloads.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Jun 10 '12 at 05:49

Albin Sunnanbo

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 02:55

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this might be the internal linking in the webpage with hidden DIVs with IDs and onClick those Hidden DIVs get visible with javascript and with AJAX content is loaded it will be a good if you browse the site disabling javascipt

answered Jun 11 '12 at 02:55

Bipin Chandra Tripathi

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There can be AJAX behavior even when the URL changes in browser?

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