I'm addressing a problem with an ASP .NET web application where I want to avoid using query strings to uniquely identify dynamic content. I want to index the content relative to the opened tab/window that is displaying it. Is this programmatically possible? If so, what is the compatibility of the approach across multiple browsers? Thank you for your help.
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No. It's not really any different to the user opening a new browser window, or opening the calculator application to work something out, etc. It happens outside the context of your web page and, short of a browser plugin, you can't get notification of this.
Andrzej Doyle
2009-11-03 16:26:02
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No, it's not possible by "tab" (i.e., browser window instance).
The closest you'll get is to drive new page requests off of session data established in previous requests but that's really a far cry from what you're asking asking for.
I'd tell whomever is "tasking" you with this that they are a moron you can't change the fundamental communication protocols of the web.
Peter Bailey
2009-11-03 16:30:49