meta refresh - opening to set window size

[mikebikel webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

hello all, hoping someone can assist with this seemingly simple task.

i'm doing a typical index.html 0 second refresh to home.html using:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=pages/home.html" />


what i need to do is set the browser window size for home.html to load into. (we're losing a flash scroll bar off the right margin when the window opens to the default ON A PC. Mac side is fine. of course.)

someone have a simple cross-platform/browser solution?

please, thanks, michael





Referring URLs
[url]http://unionrestaurant.com/pages/home.html[/url]

[rob :: digitalburn]

I didn't think there was a default on the PC - IE just opens to the same
size the user left it before the last time it was closed, surely?

Resizing the browser window is very straightfoward using JavaScript though.

[mikebikel webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

yeah well, in the name of timeliness, i set an <onload="MM_openBrWindow> on the index page, rather than a meta refresh.

but this is a less desireable solution, as it leaves the orphaned black screen from the index page behind the home window that opens.

i was hoping for a more elegant way to size the same window by way of a redirect that would <window.resizeTo> the size i prefer, rather than the last size the user had open.

problem is, i don't know how.

m

[rob :: digitalburn]

On the page that you open (ie, the final page the user will see), you can
use an onLoad to call some Javascript to resize that window.

mikebikel wrote:

> yeah well, in the name of timeliness, i set an
> <onload="MM_openBrWindow> on the index page, rather than a meta
> refresh.
>
> but this is a less desireable solution, as it leaves the orphaned
> black screen from the index page behind the home window that opens.
>
> i was hoping for a more elegant way to size the same window by way of
> a redirect that would <window.resizeTo> the size i prefer, rather
> than the last size the user had open.
>
> problem is, i don't know how.
>
> m

[rob :: digitalburn]

I must say as well that I usually close web site which resize my browser
window before looking at them (especially if they full screen it). I find it
offensive and annoying, as well as an indicator of lazy design practice.

If you really, really must have the window fit your design, launch a pop-up
(but don't have the pop-up launch automatically). Pop-ups are usually
annoying too when full sites are launched in them, unless you've got a very
specific purpose in mind, such as this guy - [url]http://www.vectorize.de/[/url]. he
full screens the browser window, which is very annoying, but his pop-up is
very cool.