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: Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Michael D. Kersey"
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: > Roland Hall wrote: <snipped>
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: >> : I will contemplate about converting my pages that have metas.
: >>
: >> After reading the W3C re: META refresh, I never found a difinitive
: >> reason why it should not be used. It said, "some browsers may not
: >> be able to use it". Well, that's clear as mud. Which browsers and
: >> is this still relative or is it just because the client cannot be
: >> controlled?
: >
: > Most sites that use META refresh also provide a separate URL on the
: > page with text such as "If you are not redirected to a new page in 5
: > seconds, then click _here_."
: >
: > I don't hesitate to use META refresh but always also provide the
: > click-through URL. One reason is that, if the user hits the <esc>
: > key before the refresh occurs, then the URL won't change. <esc> (and
: > possibly other keys) kills the refresh; the click-through lets the
: > user recover.
: >
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: Additionally, one can set one's browser to disallow redirection.
Are you referring to client-side redirection?