Behavior-Open Broswer-How to CLOSE?

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One of the optiions that I want to use under Behaviors is "Open Browser Window"
OK..so far...when I pass the mouse over an object..grapic or text...a
browser window opens. Good! Problem is...it DOESN'T CLOSE. In fact every
time I pass the mose over...on purpose or accidentally... it opens another
and another and another and another and another and another!!! This is silly
and useless. Why is this not designed so that when you move the mouse OFF the
object, it will close? There seems to be no way to restore other than "x'ing
out the opened browser window...in which case it could be 20 of them!!

I can't imagine anyone WANTING this.
Alex
 
Having a new browser window open onmouseover is one of my 10 top most
annoying things on the web. Are you sure you want to do this?
Why is this not designed so that when you move the mouse OFF the
object, it will close?
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Because you have not purchased and installed the "Do what I think I mean"
accessory for FP. Seriously, FP cannot know that this is what you want to
do.
I can't imagine anyone WANTING this.
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No, I can't either. Your best bet would be to change the mouse event to
onClick, and put a close button in the page that is opened (if you must).
 
If the user moved the curser to the opened browser window (perhaps to move
it where it does not obstruct something else), and the window closed, what
would the user do?
Allowing the window to close by moving the mouse is not something most
users (and authors) would want.
Anyway, most browsers block windows being opened in this fashion, so this
really isn't a problem.
 
when I pass the mouse over an object..a browser window opens.
Very BAD!!!

So, do you see why it's bad now?

Why are you opening a new window, anyway? What is the problem you're trying
to solve? Maybe there's a better soution.

You built it.
Oh, wait, you just pushed some buttons without thinking about what happens
next. I guess it's not your fault, it must be a problem with FP, because
actually learning something would require effeort..

Bob Lehmann
 
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