[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello, I have yet another question. In the samples directory, I was  
> looking at the index.html. The window that had the ruby on rails  
> site- it was basically a browser within a browser. I even noticed  
> that if I clicked a link, it took me to a different place (obviously)  
> and when I pressed backspace, it took me back! Great! However, is it  
> possible to implement a back button, refresh, address bar, etc? Make  
> it a real browser inside a browser? I'm very curious!
>   

You have been looking at an IFRAME object. Which is close to a new 
window. Mimicking some functionality can indeed be done, use the 
javascript function history(-1) for going back etc. However, if you want 
a "browser inside a browser", I recommend opening a new window using 
window.open, which gives you some control on what to show.

The buttons you want can also be found if you right-click in the iframe. 
Most browser keep a separate history for iframes and frames.

Browserability is something very trivial to implement, however very 
implementation dependent. Buttons like you mention can appear above a 
table to show next/previous page of records, or can mean next or 
previous window. Using it to browse internet pages seems quite odd to 
me, as the user already has a browser that does that trick for him/her.

-- Abel

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