This is a bit off topic, but I thought enough people would be interested in this
problem to post to the list.
http://www.irt.org did an excellent treatment of this problem in the
JavaScript->Frames section of their site. It turns out to be a rather complicated
problem and there are three articles that cover it well.
Donald Vandenbeld
Kevin Duffey wrote:
> Couldn't agree more with Craig. Unfortanately, the only thing that is
> difficult is posting a big message that explains the site is a web
> application. I don't think most of our users even know what a web site is!
> ;) This is especially difficult for b2b sites because they want to maintain
> a level of professionalism that doesn't make the user feel like an idiot.
>
> I use frames as well. This way, the URL only shows the main url to the site.
> However, the one problem I haven't overcome yet..is if they right click on a
> static link and open it up in to a new window. That unfortanately bypasses
> the index.jsp page that sets up the frame, and thus they are able to
> navigate without that.
>
> Craig..any ideas?
>
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I want to hide the dispatcher servlet name in the browser's
> > location bar. It
> > > would be great to only show the jsp name, without the query string, for
> > > example
> > >
> > > I'm afraid that it is directly handled by the browser (but
> > there might be
> > > another way), so I tried to do that with javascript, without
> > any success.
> > > The HttpServletResponse doesn't hava any method that could help.
> > >
> >
> > It is handled directly by the browser. What shows is the URL to which the
> > *request* was sent -- it does not come from the response. The
> > browser has no idea
> > that your dispatcher servlet forwarded the request somewhere else.
> >
> > >
> > > How do you guys who use response redirection do ? Do you show
> > the dispatcher
> > > url (which btw should be the best idea for bookmarking, but not
> > really for
> > > presentation) ?
> > >
> >
> > What I normally do is to run inside a custom window that has no
> > location bar, or I
> > use frames, even if I don't otherwise need them (in that case,
> > the app runs in one
> > very large frame, and there's a small hidden frame that isn't
> > used). That way, the
> > URL of the app itself (i.e. the page containing the frameset) is
> > the only thing
> > that shows in the location bar.
> >
> > Beyond that, it's appropriate to educate users that web
> > *applications* are not the
> > same as web *sites* -- so concepts like bookmarking and returning
> > to a particular
> > page within the app are not really useful.
> >
> > >
> > > Any idea would be greatly appreciated
> > >
> > > Sylvain
> > >
> >
> > Craig McClanahan
> >
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