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re: META REFRESH (Was: RE: opening new browser windows?)

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From: webmaster
Date: Nov 6, 2003 1:52PM

What happens if the refresh is set to "0" and is used as a redirect? (not refreshing the page itself).
(Yes, I know server-side redirect is preferred)


>> <snip>
>> > This rule also applies to <meta http-equiv="refresh"> where this meta
>> tag
>> > will redirect a user to another page after so many seconds (0
>> > seconds to how
>> > ever many you specify).
>> </snip>


>> No, no, no, no, no... please no...


>> What...


>> happens...


>> if...


>> the user...


>> reads...


>> slower...


>> than...


>> <Refresh> (Oops...)


>> WCAG Priority 2 - 7.4 "Until user agents provide the ability to stop the
>> refresh, do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages." Currently I
>> am
>> unaware of any method to stop the "auto refresh" of the <meta http-equiv>
>> element, but as always am willing to learn (if such a method does
>> exist...)

>> JF
>> --
>> John Foliot <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca
>> Web Accessibility Testing and Services
>> http://www.wats.ca 1.866.932.4878 (North America)



>> > Apparently, JAWS users will be informed that they
>> > have been presented with a new page and then it is gone and replaced by
>> > another. In this case, if, for example, the webpage the visitor is
>> looking
>> > for has been moved, provide a link instead so the user can choose
>> > to move on
>> > at their own request.
>> >
>> > Jules



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