Mike Feury — Fri, 03 May 2002 22:40:18 +0000

Hi Taff,

I'm puzzled - why wouldn't users just use the browser Home button? Any link you put in is likely to be off-screen some of the time, so teaching them about the Home button sounds safer to me.

taff — Wed, 01 May 2002 21:01:00 +0000

Belated followup:

doublehelix's code works like a charm. Thanks a million!

taff — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:13:16 +0000

Thanks guys, I'll test these out and let you know.

doublehelix: I was thinking of having the link actually go to a benign and quick loading redirect page first. This would hopefully minimalize the problem you refer to as well as add a bit of a buffer/deterrent to the back button of the browser.

doublehelix — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:25:36 +0000

I think -- considering your scenario -- I would add a document.open() to that to wipe out the current page in case there was some lag in loading the home page.

Wil — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:23:57 +0000

Yeah. I also saw this code floating around on the web, too:

&lt;script&gt;
function gohome(){
        if((navigator.appVersion.indexOf("4.") != -1) && (navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") != -1)){
        home();}
}
&lt;/script&gt;


<form><input type="button" value="Home" onClick="home();"></form>

doublehelix — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:23:16 +0000

I swiped bits and pieces of this and that and it seems to work. Probably needs some more testing though...

Panic Button
<script>
function gohome()
{
if (navigator.appName=="Netscape")
window.home()
else if (document.all)
window.location="about:home"
else
alert("You need NS 4+ or IE 4+ to go back home!")
}
</script>

taff — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:41:32 +0000

Mairving: That is plan B. I just thought that the default home page would be a little safer than some site that might be deemed "out of character" for the user.

mairving — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:35:02 +0000

If it is a panic button, why not make it just another site like yahoo, goggle, MSNBC, CNN. It would be much easier to code.

taff — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:49:03 +0000

I was wondering if someone might ask that. My next questions will be about non-caching pages and the easiest way to wipe out site visits from history.

No, not going into the adult site biz.

Actually I'm developing a site for a domestic violence crisis center and one of their concerns is someone being caught visiting the site by an abuser. Each page will have a "panic button" to get them out quickly.

Busy — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:25:05 +0000

just curious why you would want it going to users homepage, I dont know about anyone else but I use blank for mine, loads fast, no errors, as color you want as long as its white