how does Facebook change the url without reloading the page?

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How does Facebook change the url without reloading the page?

Earlier facebook used the hash (#) to prevent the page from reloading each time new data had to load, but now a days Facebook change the whole url?! How the beeep is that possible?

Look here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/136458/how-do-i-with-javascript-change-the-url-in-the-browser-without-loading-the-new — Marco Johannesen, Oct 20 '11 at 20:59

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '11 at 21:02

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They're using the History API. You can find some more demos at MDN too.

answered Oct 20 '11 at 21:02

Radu

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how does Facebook change the url without reloading the page?

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