Ya on the surface I think that kind of control would scream security violation. If you can delete the history then you could probably read it and see where your site visitors have been....this as Worf once said "would be bad" ;-)
Bryan Stevenson VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. p. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gyrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:14 AM Subject: Re: browser history and cache > > A general question. Is it possible to interact with a browsers > history. I > > know we can prevent a page from being cached by a browser, but what I > need > > to know is if it is possible to access and delete a browser's history. > > There's a history object in JavaScript: > > http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/history.htm > > A common use is window.history.back() to go to the last visited page. > You'd have to grab a good book (O'Reilly's Definitive Guide or the > JavaScript Bible) for more detail on manipulating it. I kind of doubt > that you'd be allowed to delete people's history entries willy-nilly > though! > > - Gyrus > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > play: http://www.norlonto.net > - PGP key available > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
