if you want to take it a step further determine if the client is using an old
browser route them to latest
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function onLoad()
if(parseInt(navigator.appVersion)<7);
document.window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx";);
// -->
</script>
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> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:29:56 +0200
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Using tabbed browsers causes session sharing
>
> Thats probably because it has nothing to do with tomcat or
> sessionmanagement, but has something to do with cookies and browser
> processes.
> AFAIK the only browser which allow theirself to be started in multiple
> processes are internet explorer and lynx. And internet explorer only
> if you activated a special option (start new window in separate
> process was the name in the good old days). The effect of the "one
> process" behaviour is:
> "one process -> one cookie -> one session".
>
> So what can you do? Basically two things
> 1) switch off your cookies and let tomcat url rewrite your links.
> This is generally a very bad idea, since your users won't be switching
> the cookies (unless some stupid admin forces them too, but i
> think/hope those specimen became extinct now) and you are
> developing/testing not the same thing your users will use.
> Also keep in mind that most crawlers can't handle sessionids in urls properly.
>
> 2) Use two different browsers.
> Now with i think at least 5 classy browsers on the market it should be
> easy to find two or three to use simultaneously. On the plus side it
> will help you to keep the browser interoperability:
>
> here some browsers to use:
> Firefox 2
> Firefox 3
> Internet Explorer 7
> Opera
> Flock
> Netscape Navigator 9 (Firefox 2.0.0.10 under the hood)
> Safari
> Mozilla
> Camino
> Konqueror
>
> Not all are available on all platforms, but most are.
>
> regards
> Leon
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:56 AM, André Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > shouldn't someone *explain* to the OP why this is happening ?
> > I mean, the different bits and pieces are there in different answers, but
> > maybe the "big picture" is missing to understand what and why it is
> > happening ?
> > Not knowing myself the hows and whys of Tomcat's session management, I don't
> > feel confident enough to attempt such an explanation on my own.
> > Or is it mentioned clearly somewhere in a doc that I missed ?
> > I just went through items 1 to 26 of the list in
> > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/index.html
> > and, at first sight, I don't see anything that obviously points to session
> > management.
> >
> >
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