I disagree. I think popups is a b-a-d design paradigm. I avoid them whenever possible. It disrupts the UI, the program flow, and in general confuses the client. Unless, of course, we are talking about Brittany Spears' Breasts.
;-)~ Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barr, Scott [IBM GSA]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: RE: Navigation: To popup and back > > I agree popups can be annoying when used to catch your attention for > advertising and such, but assuming we are speaking as legitimate (_not_ > intended to upset anyone!) web app developers, they can be very useful > tools. > > Scott Barr > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Galbreath [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:59 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Navigation: To popup and back > > > > There are several shareware apps that will prevent popups. They are the > > most annoying beasts! > > > > Mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:18 PM > > Subject: RE: Navigation: To popup and back > > > > > > Cant you also do a timeout() method call? Not my forte, but do recall > > something about this... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 12:24 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Navigation: To popup and back > > > > > > have the action forward to a page that loads a document containing a > > javascript handler in the body tag: > > > > <body onload="self.close()"> > > > > As long as you opened the popup from another page via javascript, you > > won't > > get any nasty messages about closing the window. > > > > Lee > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Oberlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:07 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List (E-mail) > > Subject: Navigation: To popup and back > > > > > > > > > > Hi all. Here's what I want to do: > > >From a current active session: > > > > Popup a new browser window that contains an ActionForm, and keeps the > > current session. > > Submit the form to the Action servlet. > > Close the popup window. > > Return to the main browser and original window. > > > > I have a javascript that pops up the window that contains my jsp with > > the > > ActionForm, no problem. But thats where I get stuck. How do I close > > the > > window upon submitting the form and return to the original browser > > *after* > > the Action has completed? > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > Thanks - Jeff > > > > > > http://www.xns.org/=jeffo > > > > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > > may > > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > > review, > > use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > > intended > > recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all > > copies > > of the original message. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
