Piotr schreef:
> Erwin Moller wrote:
> >>>> after the user left the site and
>>>>> returned.
>
>> I think you are wrong. ;-)
>> Or I miss something completely in this discussion.
>>
>
> Part refer is useful, is the moment when user *returns*.
> Not when he's leaving. I believe that Sebastian wants to detect
> *returning* clients (so he wont display welcome to them), not leaving ones.
>
> If Sebastian sees that the users was on his site recently (session is
> already there), but the refer does not point to his site, then he can
> guess, that the user was on a site X and from the site X returned to his
> site.
>
> Ofc, you need to assume that session is stored in cookies, users accepts
> and keep them, and that he returns by clicking on link.
> But as for such trivial thing, as hiding welcome message, you can do so,
> without risking it will spoil browsing experience for anyone.
>
> best regards
> Piotr N

Hi Piotr,

All clear, I see now what you ment earlier.
I was focussed on the 'detecting leaving the site' part of the question.

Regards,
Erwin Moller