1) Wait for the next release.
2) convert your users to IE.
3) put a disclaimer on the site that it may not be stable under Netscape.
I've experienced EXACTLY the same thing.
There is no workaround.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ionel Condor
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:08 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: how to detect a browser closing
>
>
> Hi,
> many thanks for all the sugestions.
> Using JavaScript I was able to write the code, but it works only on IE.
> Seems that Netscape does not react to the unload event... is it true ?
> Any suggestions for Netscape ?
>
> Thanks,
> Ionel.
>
> "M. Simms" wrote:
>
> > You could place a Javascript function reference that calls a servlet in
> > every page's "onunload" event handler.
> >
> > The trick would be to be sure to keep track of the number of
> open browser
> > windows the user has.....
> > if there is only 1 and the "onunload" is triggered, then the
> session with
> > that site has effectively ended.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification
> and reference
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shane Duan
> > > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:19 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: how to detect a browser closing
> > >
> > >
> > > Since a server is a program that takes request and send response, and
> > > that the Internet connection is stateless, I don't think you
> can use the
> > > server to detect when the browser is closed.
> > >
> > > The only way I know would be to set a time out on the session
> and do the
> > > logic when the session time out occurs.
> > >
> > > Hope that helps.
> > >
> > > Shane Duan
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ionel Condor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 7:22 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: how to detect a browser closing
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I have the following problem:
> > > I want to detect on the server side when a user (which has an open
> > > session on the server) has closed his browser by pressing the
> "X" close
> > > button of the window.
> > > I know that using http sessions is probably the unique way,
> but I don't
> > > know how, as I
> > > don't know if the server can't initiate by itself such a check ?
> > >
> > > Many thanks for any suggestions,
> > > Ionel C.
> > >
> > >
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