[Sigia-l] Multiple Browser Windows in Applications

[Shelley Goodwin]

Sorry I should have expanded a bit more. Ziya, from what I understand about 
web-based applications, it's best not to use multiple browser windows for 
anything but extraneous data like contextual help. ..Because, problems can 
arise with the user sessions such as losing state, creating a clone etc.. 
So, the tricky part, I think, is that the best solution is to not utilize 
browsers to perform these kinds of tasks BUT, in order to escape the 
problems they were having with Java, the decision has been made to create 
web-based applications even with the knowledge that multiple browser 
windows are a problem.

I'm looking for something along the lines of "it's best not to do it, but 
if you have to, here's the best way to go about, here are some use cases, 
tests, etc..."

I hope that clears up why this is "tricky".

Thanks
Shelley



At 02:44 PM 9/12/02 -0400, you wrote:
>"Shelley Goodwin" wrote:
>
> > He's looking for any existing data or research on the best way to go about
> > this tricky situation.
>
>What's "tricky" about it?
>
>Best,
>
>Ziya

I wrote:
"These web-based applications (there are many) will be used to perform 
complex tasks where the user will want to have multiple browser windows 
open as opposed to performing a session in a linear fashion like a wizard. 
He's looking for any existing data or research on the best way to go about 
this tricky situation."