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Subject:RE: IE7 has no back button in popups From:"Keith Hansen" <KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:16:56 -0600
Al wrote:
<<I understand now...my confusion is with the terminology. To me, a
browsable popup is jumping to a new URL in a new window, versus
replacing the current window with the new URL. A popup only has scroll
bars and a close button.>>
Right, I really should have said something like "jumping to a new URL in
a new window"--that was my situation. I wanted a new URL in a new window
which users can then browse in...
As Bonnie wrote:
<<pop-ups are limited in function and do not have navigation.>>
I think this is correct. Technically, "popup" was probably the wrong
term for me to use. ("A popup only has scroll bars and a close
button...")
Anyway, as Lauren reported, including "location=yes" in the javascript
opened the new window with navigation buttons. Apparently, this was not
necessary in IE6 but is now necessary in IE7!
Beth wrote:
<<Is anyone actually designing an intuitive, performance-supportive
interface, or are they all just doing what they like and we have to get
used to it?>>
The latter, of course!
Keith
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