TCH-Thomas Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Hi, Since I think most people here on TCH drop by the open discussion, I figure it might be a good place to post this (since i dont know where i read it). Yesterday I found a forum-message from someone who on its site had a link that set the resolution of the visitors monitor to what that site looked best in. I dont remember what the message was about originally or who posted it so i cant search for it and it would be nice to have some similar function on my site. -Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverill Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Oooohhh. While it sounds like a wonderful thing that would be quite bad form by most standards. When most people visit a web site they are willing to allow it to put things on their screen in the little window they give it. If it, however, starts changing monitor settings then people: 1. Freak out! 2. Get scared it's a virus. 3. Get mad at you for "hijacking" their system. 4. Get really paranoid. 5. Get mad at you again. I would advise against using any such script, for what it is worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted November 15, 2003 Author Share Posted November 15, 2003 (edited) True (didnt think about most of those things ). But if done properly, with a text saying: This site is best viewed at 800x600, click here to change your resolution (No harm will be done to your system). Then i think such a option would work. I agree that a script resizing when entering without the visitor being able to stop it, that is no good. But if done by a clickable link then the visitor have their own free will. Which is the issue on that site i was originally looking for. -Thomas Edited November 15, 2003 by Tonsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverill Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 I have seen scripts that will test their resolution and scripts that will redirect them to the version of a website that matches their resolution but I have never seen what you are looking for. In fact, I doubt it is possible because then a website would be controlling computer settings and that seems like a huge security problem. There are a lot of ways you can try to match your page to their resolution including the ones I mention above and probably some good CSS techniques. I hope you find something that will work well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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