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[nycphp-talk] OT: Javascript - Opening a new window, but the window name is getting lost with Facebook.com

John Campbell jcampbell1 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 05:49:59 EDT 2010


>  If my theory is
> wrong about facebook.com, can someone explain why they might be doing this
> and what advantage is there to Facebook.com being more difficult than the
> other websites? :-)

Facebook, like many other sites, uses frame breaking code.  Facebook's
first line of javascript is:

if(top != self) { ...  }

Facebook does not want their site embedded as an iframe or as a child
window to your site.  Letting other sites control the window is a
security issue for facebook, and they want to control the experience
on their own site.   Sorry, there is nothing you can do.

Regards,
John Campbell



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