Re: FLASH: back button in browser - oops

[Charlene Reese]

Netscape 4.7 on a Mac.

-charlene


On  2/11/00, Taylor wrote:

>----- 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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>> 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

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

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>

>

>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

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

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

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