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

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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Nov 6, 2003 2:09PM

Hi John:

Sorry, I must have improperly typed my statement because that is exactly
what I was getting at. Don't use meta refresh because (1) the change in the
web page and (2) the speed of reading which is why I suggested that you put
a redirct page without the refresh but instead, with a manual link to the
new location of the page.

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Julian Rickards
Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publications Services Section
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Phone: (705) 670-5608
Fax: (705) 670-5690


> -----Original Message-----
>
> No, no, no, no, no... please no...
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> What...
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> happens...
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> if...
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> the user...
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> reads...
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> slower...
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> than...
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> <Refresh> (Oops...)
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> 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)
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> > 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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>
>
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