[Javascript] Popup window larger than dictated?

[William T. Simmons]

Peter,
On my system (WinXP Pro, IE 6), that little popup window is a gem - really
nice. I don't know what might be causing IE 6 on your client's machine to
display the window at an unusual size. The *only* thing I can think of is
that the initial window.open() size values might be off on the height - the
value in the function is given as 250, but I notice on my system the GIF has
a height of 253 (Image Properties > Summary). That's a real stretch, though
(no pun intended) - that one circumstance should not cause a tiling effect
on just one specific machine. Good luck in finding a solution!
Tommy Simmons
Employment Law Advisory Network
www.employmentlawadvisors.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Brunone" <peter at brunone.com>
To: <javascript at latech.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:18 PM
Subject: [Javascript] Popup window larger than dictated?


> Okay, here's the situation as I understand it:
>
> I'm doing the code for a site (staged at http://ch.brunone.com ) that
> features a small popup window before emailing.  Now, on just about every
> computer/browser I've seen, the little window (reached by clicking any
email
> address on the Contact page) comes up as just the right size to accomodate
> the background image (formatted text in the background property of the
> document) and the two little buttons... but on the client's box (with IE
6,
> just like mine), the window is too large and you can see additional
"tiles".
> My questions are twofold:  first, does anybody else see this happening,
and
> second, what in the world would cause this?  If scripting were disabled,
> they wouldn't get anything; this oddity has me stumped.  Hopefully it's
just
> a case of a client who can't fully communicate the technical issue -- I'm
> getting this info third-hand so it's hard to be sure -- but I sure would
> appreciate a clue if anybody has one.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter