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Subject: RE: FLASH: Disable Browser "Back" Button
From: Len Harrison
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:02:26 GMT

Open the Flash page in a new window. By default there will be no back
button.

hth

len harrison
instructional designer
lenhatabtcorp [dot] com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owneratshocker [dot] com [owneratshocker [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratshocker [dot] com]On Behalf Of
> Vishnevsky, Nelly
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 7:28 AM
> To: 'flasheratshocker [dot] com'
> Cc: 'alanpratheratcsi [dot] com'
> Subject: FW: FLASH: Disable Browser "Back" Button
>
>
> I wonder if I am alone in my search for a way to disable the browser's
> "Back" button.
>
> Our Flash movie lives in a single HTML frame, using Load Movie to load
> various sections into levels. When people habitually use the
> "Back" button
> in their browser, it kicks them all the way to the starting page. They
> curse quietly, then begin making their selections again, only to
> forget and
> hit that "Back" button again, when they are knee-deep within the site.
>
> Is there any way, Java or otherwise, to disable the browser's
> "Back" button
> while the Flash movie is playing?
>
> Nelly Vishnevsky
> ________________________
> The Hillier Group
> e-mail: nvishnevskyathillier [dot] com
> website: http://207.78.206.16/
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rusty Worden [SMTP:rwordenatcisco [dot] com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 10:58 AM
> > To: Vishnevsky, Nelly
> > Subject: RE: FLASH: Levels?
> >
> > You know I am honestly not sure. Alan Prather would be the man
> to ask. He
> > is a Javascript guy though, not a Java guy. He is on the alias as well.
> >
> <snip>
>
>
> > At 12:48 PM 12/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Rusty,
> > >
> > >I'm sorry if my question was confusing.
> > >
> > >Our site has one gateway HTML page that loads a Flash file which, in
> > turn,
> > >loads many other Flash files into different levels.
> > >
> > >During recent testing, we realized that most of the users
> habitually hit
> > >their browser's "Back" button in the middle of the site, which
> inevitably
> > >throws them all the way back to the gateway page.
> > >
> > >I was wondering if there is any Java trick to disable (as in gray out)
> > the
> > >browser "Back" button altogether while the Flash movie is loaded.
> > >
> > > Nelly Vishnevsky
> > > ________________________
> > > The Hillier Group
> > > e-mail: nvishnevskyathillier [dot] com
> > > website: http://207.78.206.16/
> > >
> > >
>
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