XP is trying to kill chromeless - any ideas?

[PantherRun]

Again hello;
I'm adding flash movies to my website and my web designer has given me a heads up about using the chromeless window with XP - they don't play together.

"Warning! The Chromeless Window script currently does NOT work in Windows XP from SP1 (Service Pack 1) and thereon after. The problem is due to a changed behavior in XP that prevents Chromeless Windows all together (security update). We're still observing to see if this behavior will be changed soon, though if not, may have to remove this script altogether. If you wish to use Chromeless Windows, please make sure you understand the above -Oct 28th, 2002."

Has anyone out there found a work around yet for this? Perhapes a chromeless window script that doesn't bother XP? I'd really like to blow out the browser but obviously i can't alienate XP users.
Thanks
Hoss

 

[oldnewbie]

Chromeless windows, to my knowledge, don't work on any other browsers than IE anyways... Why would you then care about XP users alone, and not Netscrapers also, for example?

 

[pixl8r]

There is a good posting on Kirupa that works in my browser (IE 6, WinXP):

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/chromeless.htm

As OldNewbie said though... it is only going to work in IE. Doesn't it make more sense to open a window with no features (except chrome)?

Just a thought..

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[PantherRun]

Doesn't it make more sense to open a window with no features (except chrome)?"
Sorry for my ignorance, but could you explain this a bit more, and give me an idea how visually it would differ from a chromeless window- cuase it may solve my problem right out. i just want to fill up the screen with as much of the movie as possible BUT still retain the scrollbar.

 

[oldnewbie]

A chromeless window is usually a full "naked" window without any borders whatsoever, which to my knowledge is really only possible with IE, other browsers insisting in keeping some minimal borders and a few icons... To close this fullscreen window, if you don't provide a close button of your own.
That said you can open a fullscreen popup with the features you want or don't want, or even force (I profoundly dislike this) the user's main browser window to resize to fullscreen, with some javascript in your link's html.