STOP resizing my browser window

KarmaDude Oct 8, 2007 1 Comment

This is to all you web developers, especially flash developers, who feel it’s uber cool to resize browser windows. STOP IT NOW! The browser window on my computer is mine, and not yours to resize. As a user, I like to size the browser window a certain way, and it’s extremely annoying when a site resizes the browser window. So, back off and stop resizing my browser window!

If you are a Firefox user, then there is a way around this annoyance. Open your options, go to content tab, and click on the “Advanced” button shown in the image below.

Firefox Options

In the “Advanced JavaScript Settings” dialog which pops up, uncheck the first option, “Move or resize existing windows”, and this will prevent scripts from resizing or moving your browser window.

Firefox Advanced

1 Comment

  • Erynn
    Dec 8, 2007 | 8:58 pm

    Amen!! Dumb comment, but thanks for the useful tip with firefox. That will work wondering in the office :)

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