Preventing multiple browser sessions on the same server session

Question

I\'m sure we\'ve all worked on, or are aware of web applications (especially in the enterprise) that have tightly bound themselves to the server session. In these cases, it

Answer 1

A very simple solution that you may or may not be able to use is have a single page (ie, a single URL such as home.whatever) for the ajax application. If they request that same page a second time and there is already a valid session, then you know they opened a new tab or a new window. Note that you wouldn't be able to distinguish this from a refresh, however.

Your solution is way too complicated.