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John Robertson wrote:
> I take every body's:
> -most people get browsers free off ISPs

Not necessarily, but it doesn't matter anyway - in the case of IE, it'll 
always display "Microsoft Internet Explorer" in the title bar by 
default. It's only if the IPS's installation replaces this with their 
own text that it changes.

> -they come with a tweaked registry that puts an add in the title, 
> however many characters the web page has in the title bar

They don't come with a tweaked registry - the registry is a database 
used by Windows for housekeeping. A registry setting is changed during 
the install.


> -the web page cannot tweak the registry back unless I'm a very naughty 
> (and technical) boy.

No, you can't make registry changes via a web page (unless you write an 
executable which is downloaded to the client machine and run).


> So, is there a way that nice boys can over-ride the title thingy: is 
> there some nifty bit of script I don't know about, or is it all best 
> left as it is?

The point is that different browsers handle the title bar in different 
ways - you are assuming they all behave like IE. IE limits the total 
number of characters in the title bar. Mozilla doesn't, so your trick 
with spaces works fine for Mozilla. Opera, OTOH, doesn't limit the 
number of characters, but it puts the browser name "Opera" on the title 
bar *before* the title.

Bottom line is you can't control it, and it doesn't matter anyway.

Now how about removing the pesky advertising placed on the monitor case 
by the manufacturer - why should Sony get free advertising while users 
are looking at your site??

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Grunff