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slimsam1 · 02-18-2005, 01:42 AM

Don't worry, I'm not trying to show any ads

My site employs simple popup windows to show larger photos of my work. I'm trying to streamline the code so everyone is able to see the photos in some capacity. My javascript code is supposed to check if the window it just tried to open actually opened. If it didn't open (presumably because of popup blocker) then it should display a short alert message ONCE, then fall back on the link's regular target code to open the picture in an ordinary new window.

http://worksinmetal.com/

Please click on one of the icons to the right, then click on a thumbnail from the page that loads on the right. Please let me know what happens and what your browser/popup stopper setup is!

Cedak · 02-18-2005, 03:54 AM

Works fine in Firefox 1.0 with its popup blocking enabled.

flstf · 02-18-2005, 04:06 AM

Seems to work fine in IE 6.0 with Google popup blocker enabled.

Cylvre · 02-18-2005, 04:27 AM

Window pops up without any problems in Mozilla 1.6 with the pop-up blocking on

slimsam1 · 02-18-2005, 01:58 PM

Thanks a bunch! - When you say it works fine, do you get the javascript popup window (without toolbars, address bar, and stuff) or do you get the alert message and then a regular new window showing the image?

Redlemon · 02-18-2005, 02:11 PM

Firefox 1.0, WinXP, built-in popup blocking enabled.

The site works 'correctly'. A popup window with a titlebar and a status bar (I don't think you can get rid of either in Firefox), and an image. No scrollbars or toolbars or URLbar. No warning messages.

Ah, screw it, too many words...

slimsam1 · 02-18-2005, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redlemon

Firefox 1.0, WinXP, built-in popup blocking enabled.

The site works 'correctly'. A popup window with a titlebar and a status bar (I don't think you can get rid of either in Firefox), and an image. No scrollbars or toolbars or URLbar. No warning messages.

Ah, screw it, too many words...
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/oakwine/jewel.jpg[IMG]

Thank you so much for helping me out!

slimsam1 · 02-18-2005, 04:07 PM

If anyone with a third-party popup blocker could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated!

T.U.B. · 02-19-2005, 03:33 AM

The same result as redlemon (no alert, no toolbar, no adress bar) but with IE 6.0, XP built in pop-blocker enabled, Google pop-up enabled.

cliche · 02-20-2005, 05:51 AM

Doesn't work well here (Firefox 1.0 with "tab clicking options", "super drag and go" extensions). The popup opens as expected in a new tab (not a popup window); then the whole firefox window (including all the tabs etc) resizes to (very crude estimate) about 640x480.

Could it be the fact I have it set to force new windows into new tabs? It's fine but rather irritating that my (maximised) firefox window suddenly shrinks.

Redlemon · 02-20-2005, 12:55 PM

cliche: consider setting Web Features / Javascript / Advanced / "Allow scripts to move or resize windows" to 'off', and see if that helps.

slimsam1 · 02-20-2005, 08:34 PM

cliche, I hadn't considered users who force windows into tabs. I am not sure if that's something I really should address as (I think) very few users would use that feature. The reason it resizes with javascript is because many users will click another thumbnail without closing the image popup window, resulting in an image being shown in a popup window of the wrong size.

Thanks, this gives me lots to ponder.

mazagmot · 02-21-2005, 02:43 AM

slimsam, I think Redlemon pointed out what was happening. I've had the same problem before when I use force windows into tabs extensions and fixed the way he described.

slimsam1 · 02-21-2005, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mazagmot

slimsam, I think Redlemon pointed out what was happening. I've had the same problem before when I use force windows into tabs extensions and fixed the way he described.

Yes, it's true that changing that setting will fix the issue.

Redlemon · 02-21-2005, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slimsam1

cliche, I hadn't considered users who force windows into tabs. I am not sure if that's something I really should address as (I think) very few users would use that feature.

I'd say skip it.

kid astronaut · 02-21-2005, 07:19 PM

works fine with avant browser (IE based, tabbed)

Moskie · 02-21-2005, 08:47 PM

no Opera users? Bah!

Works fine in 7.60

cliche · 02-22-2005, 12:44 AM

Redlemon - thanks, hadn't spotted that one. With that option selected it functions exactly as I'd like it to - ie the popup opens in a new tab and nothing shrinks.

slimsam1 · 02-22-2005, 07:07 AM

Major update, folks! Check out what happens now when you view a gallery that requires scrolling! I wrote that from scratch last night and I'm all excited about it. It's probably the biggest javascript project I've done.

http://worksinmetal.com/

Click on a gallery to the right.

Redlemon · 02-22-2005, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slimsam1

Check out what happens now when you view a gallery that requires scrolling!

Works for me!

slimsam1 · 02-22-2005, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redlemon

Works for me!

The site is close to done now; but can a web site ever be "done"?

frogza · 02-22-2005, 05:45 PM

Works fine in Safari(Macintosh browser)

spindles · 02-22-2005, 08:34 PM

I turned off firefoxs popup blocker and enabled the one in kerio firewall. Still works fine!

slimsam1 · 02-24-2005, 12:08 AM

Thank you, everyone, for your help!

Update: I updated the navigation and resized the iframe! Please check it out and let me know what you think.

http://worksinmetal.com

02-18-2005, 01:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
slimsam1 Crazy	Need testers who use popup blocking software Don't worry, I'm not trying to show any ads My site employs simple popup windows to show larger photos of my work. I'm trying to streamline the code so everyone is able to see the photos in some capacity. My javascript code is supposed to check if the window it just tried to open actually opened. If it didn't open (presumably because of popup blocker) then it should display a short alert message ONCE, then fall back on the link's regular target code to open the picture in an ordinary new window. http://worksinmetal.com/ Please click on one of the icons to the right, then click on a thumbnail from the page that loads on the right. Please let me know what happens and what your browser/popup stopper setup is! Last edited by slimsam1; 02-23-2005 at 01:18 AM..

02-18-2005, 02:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Firefox 1.0, WinXP, built-in popup blocking enabled. The site works 'correctly'. A popup window with a titlebar and a status bar (I don't think you can get rid of either in Firefox), and an image. No scrollbars or toolbars or URLbar. No warning messages. Ah, screw it, too many words... __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry. Last edited by Redlemon; 02-18-2005 at 02:15 PM..

02-19-2005, 03:33 AM	#9 (permalink)
T.U.B. Crazy Location: Belgium	The same result as redlemon (no alert, no toolbar, no adress bar) but with IE 6.0, XP built in pop-blocker enabled, Google pop-up enabled. __________________ Amerika by Franz Kafka “As Karl Rossman, a poor boy of sixteen who had been packed off to America by his parents because a servant girl had seduced him and got herself a child by him, stood on the liner slowly entering the harbour of New York, a sudden burst of sunshine seemed to illumine the Statue of Liberty, so that he saw it in a new light, although he had sighted it long before. The arm with the sword rose up as if newly stretched aloft, and round the figure blew the free winds of heaven.”

02-20-2005, 05:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
cliche Rookie Location: Oxford, UK	Doesn't work well here (Firefox 1.0 with "tab clicking options", "super drag and go" extensions). The popup opens as expected in a new tab (not a popup window); then the whole firefox window (including all the tabs etc) resizes to (very crude estimate) about 640x480. Could it be the fact I have it set to force new windows into new tabs? It's fine but rather irritating that my (maximised) firefox window suddenly shrinks. __________________ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)

02-20-2005, 12:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	cliche: consider setting Web Features / Javascript / Advanced / "Allow scripts to move or resize windows" to 'off', and see if that helps. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

02-18-2005, 03:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cedak Upright Location: Cleveland, OH	Works fine in Firefox 1.0 with its popup blocking enabled.

02-18-2005, 04:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
flstf Easy Rider Location: Moscow on the Ohio	Seems to work fine in IE 6.0 with Google popup blocker enabled.

02-18-2005, 04:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Cylvre Upright Location: Minnesota, USA	Window pops up without any problems in Mozilla 1.6 with the pop-up blocking on

02-18-2005, 01:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
slimsam1 Crazy	Thanks a bunch! - When you say it works fine, do you get the javascript popup window (without toolbars, address bar, and stuff) or do you get the alert message and then a regular new window showing the image?

02-18-2005, 04:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
slimsam1 Crazy	If anyone with a third-party popup blocker could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated!

02-20-2005, 08:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
slimsam1 Crazy	cliche, I hadn't considered users who force windows into tabs. I am not sure if that's something I really should address as (I think) very few users would use that feature. The reason it resizes with javascript is because many users will click another thumbnail without closing the image popup window, resulting in an image being shown in a popup window of the wrong size. Thanks, this gives me lots to ponder.

02-21-2005, 02:43 AM	#13 (permalink)
mazagmot Crazy Location: S. Korea	slimsam, I think Redlemon pointed out what was happening. I've had the same problem before when I use force windows into tabs extensions and fixed the way he described.

02-21-2005, 07:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
kid astronaut Tilted Location: Portland, OR	works fine with avant browser (IE based, tabbed)

02-21-2005, 08:47 PM	#17 (permalink)
Moskie Pure Chewing Satisfaction Location: can i use bbcode [i]here[/i]?	no Opera users? Bah! Works fine in 7.60 __________________ Greetings and salutations.

02-22-2005, 12:44 AM	#18 (permalink)
cliche Rookie Location: Oxford, UK	Redlemon - thanks, hadn't spotted that one. With that option selected it functions exactly as I'd like it to - ie the popup opens in a new tab and nothing shrinks. __________________ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)

02-22-2005, 05:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
frogza Registered User Location: Right Here	Works fine in Safari(Macintosh browser)

02-22-2005, 07:07 AM	#19 (permalink)
slimsam1 Crazy	Major update, folks! Check out what happens now when you view a gallery that requires scrolling! I wrote that from scratch last night and I'm all excited about it. It's probably the biggest javascript project I've done. http://worksinmetal.com/ Click on a gallery to the right.

02-22-2005, 08:34 PM	#23 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	I turned off firefoxs popup blocker and enabled the one in kerio firewall. Still works fine! __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

02-24-2005, 12:08 AM	#24 (permalink)
slimsam1 Crazy	Thank you, everyone, for your help! Update: I updated the navigation and resized the iframe! Please check it out and let me know what you think. http://worksinmetal.com