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Identifiying if browser has JavaScript disabled

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GezH

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Hello,

How can I tell (using either HTML or JSP) whether a user has their JavaScript disabled in the browser?

I'm developing an application and want to direct users to a different page depending upon that.

Many thanks.
 
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Just putting your question title in Google will show you the answer.

Cheers,
Dian
 
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Hi

Only the browser can tell if JavaScript is available and enabled. To send such information to the server you can do something like this :
Code: 
[gray]...[/gray]
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;url=whatever.jsp?js=no">
<script type="text/javascript">
window.location.href='whatever.jsp?js=yes;
</script
</head>
[gray]...[/gray]
Although the preferred way is to simply do a JavaScript independent site, then enhance it with optional JavaScript code.

Feherke.
 
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Many thanks feherke, that was just what I was after.
 
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Some newer browsers, like IE7, have Meta refreshes disabled by default (at least in mine it was). I'd add in a link for the user to click if the redirect is unsuccessful.

So to expand on Feherke's example...
Code: 
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;url=whatever.jsp?js=no">
<script type="text/javascript">
window.location.href='whatever.jsp?js=yes;
</script>
[b]<noscript>
<a href="whatever.jsp?js=no">Please visit our new site</a>
</noscript>[/b]
</head>

Adam
 
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Hi

Adam said:
Some newer browsers, like IE7, have Meta refreshes disabled by default
Click to expand...
Interesting. Thanks for the information.

By the way, I also have it kind of disabled. In my FireFox, using RefreshBlocker. With that, one can have it disabled since FireFox 1.0.

Feherke.
 
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