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Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener

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At Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:44:54 +1000 Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> 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 think that what Thomas is suggesting is that using *popups* (eg 
window.open()) might not work well on mobile devices.  Either you need to have 
way too much fun with JavaScript and CSS to 'fake' dialogs or you just have to 
live with the *single* open browser window.

> 
> Andrew Poulos
> 
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Detect Browser full screen Or window.open Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-24 13:16 +1000
  Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.open "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-06-24 10:26 +0200
    Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.open Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-24 18:48 +1000
      Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.open "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-06-24 11:05 +0200
  Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener (was: Detect Browser full screen Or window.open) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-06-24 12:48 +0200
    Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-25 07:35 +1000
      Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-06-24 23:45 +0200
        Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-25 08:44 +1000
          Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-06-24 18:06 -0500
          Re: Detect Browser full screen Or window.opener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-06-25 08:02 +0200

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