Good point. A simple unobtrusive way to do this is to provide a "Desktop Version" link in the footer of the mobile version which resets the session vars to desktop.
Putting a popup or interstitial screen is pretty annoying in my pov and having a link in the footer is pretty common these days (for those sites that offer it.) On 12/23/12 10:49 PM, Steve Durette wrote: > One thing you may want to consider is giving the user an option. Sometime the > user doesn't want your mobile version even though they are mobile. I find > sites all the time where I'm given a mobile website that doesn't work as well > as the desktop version. Sometimes even when they give me the option of using > the desktop version the first link I click throws me back into the mobile > version. As a mobile user give me the option and follow my wishes as to how I > want to use the site. If you want me to buy something from your site, the > easiest way to push me to the competition is to force me into what you think > is best. > > Just my 2 cents as a mobile user. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 23, 2012, at 11:34 PM, The Dude <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Claude and Kevin, you are gentlemen and scholars. It worked with virtually >> negligible delay in the redirect. >> >> Its a workable solution for getting the screen vars and loading appropriate >> size jpg images on that basis for mobile. Thank you for your input. >> >>>>> It seems there's no way to avoid the 2nd step either redirect or >>> form post. >>> >>> The problem is not with using POST or GET, the problem is using Ajax. >>> Ajax is good for many things, but not for this one. >>> Just as you first attempt did, the Ajax call will be performed from >>> client side, AFTER the templated is executed and the page read by the >>> browser. >>> You cannot do it without executing two steps, but wit redirection, the >>> first step to get the values from the client is invisible for the user. >>> >>> >>> Try my code, there are two steps, but you only see one. >>> You can make a POST version of the same idea if >>> 1. you do not like the idea of having parameters visible in the url, >>> 2. you have other parameters to pass to the template. >>> >>> Try this code, same idea using a form for redirection: >>> <CFIF NOT isDefined("session.screenWidth")> >>> <CFIF NOT isDefined("form.screenWidth")> >>> <FORM NAME="redirectForm" METHOD="POST"> >>> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="screenWidth" VALUE=""> >>> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="screenHeight" VALUE=""> >>> <!--- Add any other values here ---> >>> </FORM> >>> <SCRIPT> >>> document.redirectForm.screenWidth.value = screen.width; >>> document.redirectForm.screenHeight.value = screen.height; >>> document.redirectForm.action = window.location.href; >>> document.redirectForm.submit(); >>> </SCRIPT> >>> <CFELSE> >>> <CFSET session.screenWidth = form.screenWidth> >>> <CFSET session.screenheight = form.screenHeight> >>> </CFIF> >>> </CFIF> >>> >>> <!--- perform the true task of the template here ---> >>> <CFDUMP var="#session#"> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353664 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
