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Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera
From: Godwin Stewart <gstewart () spamcop net>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:40:00 +0200
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:31:28 +0200, Niels Bakker <niels-bugtraq () bakker net> wrote:
* gillettdavid () fhda edu (David Gillett) [Thu 25 Aug 2005, 00:02 CEST]:What's worse, some browsers interpret "close the browser" to trigger the onunload() method, and that's just wrooong.Not that wrong, the website author could want to clear a session cookie or similar.
If it's a session cookie then it'll die automatically when the browser closes down. No need to clear it. There are many useful features of browsers (and other software - remember when it used to be a kindness to leave an MTA as an open relay and considered rude not to?) that have had to be deactivated because of abuse by scum such as spammers. Firing up the onUnload event on window/browser shutdown is one that should be added to that list IMO. - -- G. Stewart - gstewart () spamcop net Maintainer's Motto: If we can't fix it, it ain't broke. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDDsdQK5oiGLo9AcYRAvQxAJ9YKaw2iCsoBrKtWbS5CbUg5k8yaACgkplF Sexe+P8SsRj1qiNhDIdYll8= =4lWX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Tobias Boonstoppel (Aug 24)
- RE: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera David Gillett (Aug 24)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Drew Haven (Aug 25)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Tobias Boonstoppel (Aug 25)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Niels Bakker (Aug 25)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Godwin Stewart (Aug 26)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Michael Shigorin (Aug 26)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Drew Haven (Aug 25)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Stefan Kelm (Aug 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera Early, Clint (Aug 25)
- Re: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera gegegz (Aug 29)
- RE: unload event in ie/mozilla/opera David Gillett (Aug 24)