Redirect onload AND change window chars

[derek2003]

How can I change the window characteristics (in specific, remove the status bar) and immediately redirect to a new location when someone loads the page? Can someone please help?? I just cannot figure this out.

[pyro]

The only way to do this is to open a new window, and close the current one. This will, however, prompt the user that you are trying to close their browser window...

[derek2003]

Ok I know how to do that...but you are sure there is no way to reload the current window with new chars? Seems like there should be a way.

[pyro]

You can't do it for security reasons...

[derek2003]

Is there a way then that I can set up frames to load a blank page as the main page and then the "destination page" as a bottom frame but fill 100% of the window and also don't show the load status in the status bar?? All I am trying to accomplish is that I want to load a window but I do not want anyone to know what the real url of the page they are seeing is.