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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:02:39 +0200
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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> On 25/06/2014 7:45 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>>> On 24/06/2014 8:48 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>>>>> My problem now is, how can I reliably tell either if [window.opener]
>>>>> will not "work" or if the browser is always full screen?
>>>> You cannot.  Especially on mobile devices, you need to abandon the idea
>>>> that windows/frames would be viable/the only ways of the presentation
>>>> of related content in a Web application.
>>> I cannot install an app on individual devices and the elearning lesson
>>> will be in the cloud so besides standalone apps, how else could a web
>>> application be presented on mobile devices if not in a browser?
>> I have not said that you need to abandon the idea of a Web browser.
> 
> I'm at a loss. How else would you propose that content could be
> presented in a browser without using windows/frames?

I do not know the specifics of your application, but in general you can 
display other block-level elements on top of the current document instead.  
Their (related) content can be generated (partially) from the response to an 
HTTP request made with XHR.  Look into DOM2+, HTML5, CSS2+, and REST.

<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/>

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