Stuart Ballard wrote:
> Christopher Blizzard wrote:
>
>> This mostly happens as a result of a window.open() in an onclose()
>> handler ( I think that's the right name. )
>>
>> Could we add a pref'ed OK/Cancel question dialog when that happens? It
>> happens so rarely and I know a lot of unsuspecting people that has
>> happened to. Of course, I don't know if it's possible to tell if you
>> are doing an open in a close.
>
>
> I believe it's possible to disable onclose entirely (can't remember how,
> but I'm sure I saw it mentioned once alongside the "disable window.open"
> thing).
>
> Are there any legitimate uses for onclose()? Is there any reason that I
> shouldn't turn off onclose for all sites all the time? And if so, should
> mozilla.org consider making onclose disabled the default? (I doubt, for
> some reason, that Netscape/AOL would ever consider doing this in their
> branded browser...)
>
> Stuart.
Yep, there are quite a few that I can think of off of the top of my
head. Most of the ideas that I have include the online web mail
systems, though. I wouldn't support turning off onclose in mozilla.
--Chris
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