Re: lynx-dev Refresh (was: your mail)

[David Woolley]

>   <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;URL=index.html">

This is not sanctioned by any version of the HTTP standards.  This
particular usage should be considered a last resort (the Javascript
version given originally, should be considered a totally unacceptable
approach) when commercial factors prevent the generation of a proper
HTTP redirect.

If the usage was to produce a splash screen, I'd strongly reccommend
reading http://www.useit.com/ and Jakob Nielsen's Designing Web
Usability on why splash screens are a bad thing.  (Look for 
references to "breaking the back button" - one effect of both these
strategies is that you get returned to where you were by the refresh
or Javascript when you try to use the back button, negating its
effects.)