Buttons for Full Screen or Maximize?

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Bill

I need to make a website more friendly to people who are visually
challenged.

Is it possible to put a button on a browser window so that the user can
select full screen (F11), or Maximized?

Thanks,

Bill.
 
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Mark Fitzpatrick

Bill,
The only time that a browser can be re-sized by a web page is when
it's launched from a link and being opened. Otherwise it requires a user
interaction in order to do it. There are lots of javascripts you can try out
there for opening a link in a maximized browser window.

There's one at:
http://javascript.internet.com/user-details/optimized-popup.html, but it
doesn't open in the complete full screen mode. There's another at:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex8/window1.htm that you can try as
well.

The best place for a link will probably be just the front page that
way you don't have to customize the script for the link on every page with
the name of the page that the script is on.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
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Bob Lehmann

What's wrong with the built-in browser functionality - the F11 key or the
Maximze Button on the window? What could be more friendly than that?

Why do you feel the need to provide a button to do what already exists?

Bob Lehmann
 
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Bill

Bob Lehmann said:
What's wrong with the built-in browser functionality - the F11 key or the
Maximze Button on the window? What could be more friendly than that?

Why do you feel the need to provide a button to do what already exists?
Click to expand...

You will have to ask the visually impaired people who are asking me this.
I'm only responding to their requests.

It could be that they are simply not as computer aware as you are, Bob.

These people are handicapped. What's wrong with having a heart instead of
criticizing them???
 
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Bob Lehmann

You will have to ask the visually impaired people who are asking me this.
I'm only responding to their requests.
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You didn't say that. I was under the impression that you were trying to
implement some kind of homegown, roll-your-own accessibility.
What's wrong with having a heart instead of criticizing them???
Click to expand...
I wasn't criticizing anybody.
It could be that they are simply not as computer aware as you are, Bob.
Click to expand...
My experience with accessibility issues leads me to believe that the
handicapped are much more savvy about how their browser functions than the
average user. Particularly the accessibility features.

If you are that interested in making your page usable / accessible, and
doing it correctly....
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

Bob Lehmann
 

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