HTML5 Programming with JavaScript For Dummies

Chapter 15

Interacting with Windows

In This Chapter

Interacting with browser windows

Interacting with the browser screen

Defining the concept of location

Working with the history object

Using the navigator object

Developing and using pop-up windows

Saving settings using cookies

A browser presents a window to the Internet. The view a user sees depends on the location of that window at any given time. Many people think of houses when they think of windows. However, the window to the Internet is more like the window of a car. You travel to a location and see a particular view based on that location.

Browsers provide the means to interact with the window object so that it's possible to change the view in various ways. The glass used to create the window is known as the screen object. Sometimes ...