Re: FLASH: back button in browser - oops

[Charlene Reese]

arghhh.

I just completely redesigned the site eliminating all frames.

but even if I wanted to implement that wouldn't the same problem occur?


-charlene


On  2/11/00, Christopher Fulford wrote:

>you could put the page in a frameset and give different frames based on

>whether they have the flash plug-in or not.

>

>----- Original Message -----

>

From: "Charlene Reese" <creesestudio [dot] net>

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:52 AM

>Subject: Re: FLASH: back button in browser - oops

>

>

>> i tried it and it didn't work.

>> selecting the back button still sends the person to the page they were on

>> again.

>>

>> What am I missing?

>>

>> <script language="JavaScript"><!--

>> var bAgent = window.navigator.userAgent;

>> var bAppName = window.navigator.appName;

>> if ((bAppName.indexOf("Explorer") >= 0) &&

>> (bAgent.indexOf("Mozilla/4") >= 0) && (bAgent.indexOf("Mac") >= 0)){

>> top.location.replace('indexchoose.htm');}

>> // -->

>> </script>

>>

>> <script language="JavaScript"><!--

>> var ShockMode = 0;

>> if (navigator.mimeTypes &&

>> navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] &&

>> navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin) {

>> if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"])

>> ShockMode = 1;

>> }

>> function checkForShockwave()

>> {

>> navigator.plugins.refresh();

>> if ( navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] ){

>> top.location.replace('homeflash/home.htm');

>> } else {

>> setTimeout( "checkForShockwave()", 1000 );

>> }

>> }

>>

>> if ( ShockMode ) {

>> location="homeflash/home.htm";

>> } else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0

>> && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)){

>> top.location.replace('newstuff/index.htm');

>> }

>> // -->

>> </script>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> On  2/11/00, Taylor wrote:

>> >----- Original Message -----

>

> >From: Charlene Reese <creesestudio [dot] net>

>> >

>> >> I have a javascript on the home page of a site that directs the visitor

>to

>> >> a flash or nonflash page accordingly.  However, if they use their back

>> >> button to back out of the site when they hit the home page it redirects

>> >> them again and they can't back out.  Has anyone implemented a solution

>> >that

>> >> solves that problem?

>> >

>> >Don't use location = 'foo.html' use location.replace('foo.html')

>> >

>> >This will replace the page with another in the browser's history,

>preventing

>> >the trap.

>> >

>> >--

>> >Taylor

>> >Grumpy futurist

>

> >taylortaylor [dot] org

>> >

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   http://www.reesestudio.net

949.766.7822




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 March 27-29, Nob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco, California


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