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

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From: John Foliot - WATS.ca
Date: Nov 6, 2003 2:10PM

>
> 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)
>

Why would you want to do this? Increased bandwidth, inability to
"bookmark", inability to note change and take action... I cannot think of
one good reason why you would want to do this. Why on earth would you want
to wait for a blank page to load, so that the meta refresh would then kick
in to instantly take you to another page... As you said, server side
re-direct is the preferred method.

JF
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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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