Cool browser trick

Check

http://www.circoripopolo.be/comicduo/

this out...YES it's supposed to resize your browser...that's all I'm saying

Ooooh, that was fun. Thanks for the link!

The movie doesn't draw in Firefox, and the resizing doesn't work in IE 7... Nice site... Well, not really...

Cybermagellan wrote:

Check

http://www.circoripopolo.be/comicduo/

this out...YES it's supposed to resize your browser...that's all I'm saying

That was pretty cool. It worked fine in Firefox.

Funny, it does work fine in 1.5.0.3 Firefox but not in Bon Echo

Rowan wrote:

Cybermagellan wrote:Check http://www.circoripopolo.be/comicduo/ this out...YES it's supposed to resize your browser...that's all I'm saying

That was pretty cool. It worked fine in Firefox.

Manip wrote:

The movie doesn't draw in Firefox, and the resizing doesn't work in IE 7... Nice site... Well, not really...

I have IE7 and it works there too... - I liked it:)

Manip wrote:

The movie doesn't draw in Firefox, and the resizing doesn't work in IE 7... Nice site... Well, not really...

Yeah works fine here in Firefox....maybe you have some wierd extention or something...

Cybermagellan wrote:

Manip wrote:The movie doesn't draw in Firefox, and the resizing doesn't work in IE 7... Nice site... Well, not really...

Yeah works fine here in Firefox....maybe you have some wierd extention or something...

Tools > Options > Content > Javascript > "Allow browser window to be resized" > "Disabled"

For a good reason

Oh, and this isn't new, Weeble 'n' Bob did something similar a few years ago.

Manip wrote:

The movie doesn't draw in Firefox, and the resizing doesn't work in IE 7... Nice site... Well, not really...

IE7 won't allow the outer window frame to be resized if more than one tab is open.  In the single tab case, this should resize fine.

BruceMorgan wrote:

Manip wrote:The movie doesn't draw in Firefox, and the resizing doesn't work in IE 7... Nice site... Well, not really...

IE7 won't allow the outer window frame to be resized if more than one tab is open.  In the single tab case, this should resize fine.

Does IE7 have an option to prevent scripting from accessing certain DOM objects like FF?

Rowan wrote:

I normally have all of those options disabled, but for some reason the only one enabled happened to the that one. heh.

Uhm, why won't IE resize when multiple tabs are open? I can't imagine any valid reason to do such a weird thing.

It won't allow Javascript to resize the window when multiple tabs are open.

I'm guessing because it might mess with other open tabs or something.

W3bbo wrote:

Cybermagellan wrote: Manip wrote:The movie doesn't draw in Firefox, and the resizing doesn't work in IE 7... Nice site... Well, not really... Yeah works fine here in Firefox....maybe you have some wierd extention or something...

Tools > Options > Content > Javascript > "Allow browser window to be resized" > "Disabled"

For a good reason

Oh, and this isn't new, Weeble 'n' Bob did something similar a few years ago.

I normally have all of those options disabled, but for some reason the only one enabled happened to the that one. heh.

Uhm, why won't IE allow javascript to resize the window when multiple tabs are open? I can't imagine any valid reason to do such a weird thing, it's not like other pages will break when they resize.

Edited for clarity.

Rowan wrote:


Uhm, why won't IE allow javascript to resize the window when multiple tabs are open? I can't imagine any valid reason to do such a weird thing, it's not like other pages will break when they resize.

Consider two tabs that both want to resize, or three, or five, or ten.  Which tab wins?

There are plenty of situations like this.

That is a pretty cool website. Thanks for the link.

Angus Higgins

BruceMorgan wrote:



Rowan wrote:  Uhm, why won't IE allow javascript to resize the window when multiple tabs are open? I can't imagine any valid reason to do such a weird thing, it's not like other pages will break when they resize.

Consider two tabs that both want to resize, or three, or five, or ten.  Which tab wins?

There are plenty of situations like this.

Y'see, this is the sort of situation where MS could really offer some extra user control.  Personally, as someone who's much smarter than most people, I'd love to have more options.  I want buttons, boxes, and other controls, for everything. 

I think Windows should have some sort of a 'User PC Expertise' slider we can move up or down.  The lower we set it, the more like Windows Me / Windows Me SE (read: Vista) it is;  The higher we set it, the more like Windows Server 2003 / NT4 / DOS / *nix it is.  Of course, these presets would all be overrideable in Start > Control Panel > User Experience > Intelligent Customization .

Regardless, to answer your query:

Tools > Options > Advanced > Expert Options > Window Resizing
 (o) Disallow all automated window size changes
 (o) Allow from current tab only
 (o) Allow from all tabs
    (o) Resize in the order requested
    (o) Resize first request per [___] seconds
 (o) Allow only from trusted sites
 (o) Allow only from custom sites [Set...]

BruceMorgan wrote:

Rowan wrote: Uhm, why won't IE allow javascript to resize the window when multiple tabs are open? I can't imagine any valid reason to do such a weird thing, it's not like other pages will break when they resize.

Consider two tabs that both want to resize, or three, or five, or ten.  Which tab wins?

The last one that runs the script?

Either way, whenever I find a page that tries to resize my window I close the page instantly, except for the example above where a warning was given.

I wouldn't care if this behaviour was completely disabled in IE7, but at least be consistent in supporting it, either it accepts resize, or it doesn't.

The problem I see with allowing a tab to resize the window is that you get a tab you intended to load in the background (not knowing it was going to resize the window) disrupting your reading by resizing your browser window (usually to some ridiculously small size).