I guess it all depends on the type of application,
the ethics of using them for advertising, is of
course, debatable.
Especially when there is a flow-on effect, where
each pop-up spawns more pop-ups which spawn more pop-ups....
a good example of these are those featuring Brittany Spears' Breasts.
I guess one must pay a price for everything... ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Barr, Scott [IBM GSA] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 1:41 PM
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Navigation: To popup and back
I in turn must disagree.
Webapps are not desktop GUI's.
Using wizard style steps to select data from multiple *very* large lists is
clumsy, when a single form can be easily populated from a couple of popup
search forms (which can be very re-usable), rather than an unnecessarily
complicated workflow.
The competency of the users must considered in all GUI design, and so far I
have not encountered any that can't comprehend this style.
But I think the real question here is, how many desktop GUI's feature
Brittany Spears' Breasts? :)
Scott Barr
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Sijpkes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:51 PM
> To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Navigation: To popup and back
>
> I agree with your disagreement. I never use pop-ups
> for these very reasons. How many desktop GUI apps
> does one see that pops up a new window for every action?
>
> Were they real? They looked sort of, well, like a Photoshop job...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Galbreath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 1:08 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Navigation: To popup and back
>
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
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