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RE: HowTo provide the user the ability to turn refresh off?

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From: Joel Sanda
Date: Dec 20, 2002 2:13PM

Mark -

Yes, that makes sense. Perhaps, then a button that will stop the refresh?
The button doesn't have to be visible, unless sighted users would somehow
benefit from that. I've tried to sop auto-refreshing in the past, when on a
dial-up connection. This could be tricky, though, as I'm not sure how easy
it is to insert refresh variables after a page has loaded?

The only issue I can speak to, and you're probably very aware of this, is
screen readers "loading" the page or "resetting" the location in the
document they are reading from.

Joel Sanda, M.A.
Standards & Accessibility Consultant
Technical Consulting

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