Changing the URL without reloading the page

Question

I would like to know if it\'s possible to change the contents of the URL in the browser without reloading the page?

I use jQuery and Ajax to load new parts of my pag

Answer 1

You CAN do that. Though likely you'll need a modern browser. Have a look at this page: http://www.20thingsilearned.com/ created by the Google Chrome team (I used Chrome 9 to read it). Changing pages doesn't reload the entire web page, but changes the URL.