Re: set browser toolbars from internet shortcut?

Ooooo...

Creating a secondary popup with the parameters Rebecca wants is not too
difficult using JavaScript:

   function makeP1(url)
   {
    if (PVP && !PVP.closed)
    {
        PVP.close()
    }
    PVP = window.open("/common/imgdisplay.asp?file=" + url,"PVP",
"toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,scrollbar
s=0,width=325,height=383");
    if (window.focus) {PVP.focus()}
   }

This JavaScript function, loaded in the HEAD of the HTML document, will
create a popup window 325px wide, 383px high without anything but the
titlebar (this is for an image popup, so it's just fine for that). The link
would simply be something like:

    <.a href="javascript:makeP1('popupfile.jpg')">Click for image</a>

That's all fine and good. A little script modification will allow the popup
to be a navigable window.

However, what Ann suggests would, in my opinion, be very unethical and would
drive me (and others, likely) from the site, as a second window would not
have the browser history on it, so you couldn't back up. I for one would not
return to any site that clobbers my back button like that!

Hope this helps,
Kehvan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Ezzell" <amcbainezzell(at)alum.mit.edu>
To: "Rebecca Campbell" <Rebecca.Campbell(at)trustvesta.com>;
<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 17:08
Subject: RE: set browser toolbars from internet shortcut?


>
> <kludge>
>
> Could you <cringe> put an onLoad() in the first (blank) page that opens a
> chromeless browser window? - And then possibly (? but I'm not sure this is
> possible) have the child window close the parent.
>
> </kludge>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:  Rebecca Campbell
> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:35 PM
>
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > i'm trying to figure out a way to set up an internet shortcut so that
when
> > the browser launches, it opens the web page i want without showing the
> > address bar or the menu bar.  anybody know of a way to do this?
> > i couldn't
> > find anything on the microsoft site...
> >
> > thanks!
> > rebecca
> > http://www.nerdygirl.com
>
>

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