[NTLUG:Discuss] HTML help

[Fred James]

I think the original question was something about without java - or did 
I miss something?  Or is JavaScript acceptable within this scope?

Merlin wrote:

>Paul Drew amused Merlin with these comments:
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>>window.close(); is JavaScript
>>and there is no other way that I am aware of to do that.
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>The one caveat being that if your page is trying to close a window that it
>did not open (like one of those annoying popups), some browsers will warn
>the user and ask them if the action is okay.
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>I know IE6 does this.  However, if it is a window that your page/script
>opened, and the page stayed within the same domain, then you "own" that
>browser instance and can close it with impunity.
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>I just mention this for completeness sake, and so that you won't
>necessarily rely on it automatically happening.
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