[thelist] Re: User's screen resolution without using java/javascript ?

Shoshannah Forbes xslf at xslf.com
Fri Dec 14 05:10:00 CST 2001


On 13/12/2001 21:10, Eduardo Bacchi Kienetz <eduardobk at via-rs.net> wrote:

> Howdy
> 
> Does anybody know how to get the user's screen resolution without using
> java/javascript ? Is there some variable that is sent by the browser?
> 
> I mean... if there's a way... because I've seen some web counters that get
> that info and don't use javascript... at least apparently.

Not as far as I know. At any case, I would think it will be more useful to
know the browser window size, and not so much the resolution- after all, not
everyone surfs with the browser set to full screen, esp. when the screen is
set to a pretty high res.

Regards,
Shoshannah Forbes






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