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Re: re[2]: META REFRESH (Was: RE: opening new browser windows?)

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From: Stephanie Sullivan
Date: Nov 6, 2003 7:34PM

on 11/6/03 5:42 PM, <EMAIL REMOVED> at
<EMAIL REMOVED> profoundly spewed forth their very articulate
thoughts:

> The reason I asked is because I wanted to see if the advice I gave a friend
> was correct. He's on a free server and therefore doesn't have the ability to
> modify his .htaccess file.
> He was using a 5 second META refresh, and I advised him to take it to "0"
> instead. My reasoning was that screen readers wouldn't have a chance to begin
> reading the page.
> Unfortunately, I've not tested the accuracy of my own advice and was hoping
> someone had experience with this.

I'm not exactly sure why he's moving people off the second they land (musta
missed this part)... But if he has any hopes for the search engines, this is
a no-no...

If it matters... Aside from accessibility... ;)

Stephanie Sullivan

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