I\'m well aware of the technique of using URL fragments to track state on an AJAX powered webpage, but lately I\'ve noticed a lot of sites that are doing something similar b
They are using new HTML5 History API. I think this is what you want. check the menu items in this page http://tinywall.info/demos/html5-history-api/menu1.php
The tutorial to implement is right here : http://t.co/M4RvnvoQ