Re: FLASH: back button in browser - oops

[Taylor]

----- Original Message -----

From: Charlene Reese <

creesestudio [dot] net

>


Works as expected for me in IE 5 (pc).


What browser is it failing for you in?


> www.transintl.com

>

> -charlene

>

> On  2/11/00, Taylor wrote:

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

>

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

> >

> >Do you have a URL?

> >

> >> 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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>

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> >     flashforward2000 and The Flash Film Festival

> >  "The World's Premier Flash Solutions Conference and Expo"

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

> >

> >-Register before Feb 25 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com

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> Charlene Reese - S r T e U e D s I e O

> Digital Graphic Design for Print, Multimedia and the Web

>

creesestudio [dot] net http://www.reesestudio.net

> 949.766.7822

>

>

>

> flasher is generously supported by...

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>      flashforward2000 and The Flash Film Festival

>   "The World's Premier Flash Solutions Conference and Expo"

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

>

> -Register before Feb 25 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

>

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email helpchinwag [dot] com

>



flasher is generously supported by...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     flashforward2000 and The Flash Film Festival

  "The World’s Premier Flash Solutions Conference and Expo"

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


-Register before Feb 25 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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