On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 07:43:20PM +0000, David Woolley wrote: > Refreshing with a 0 delay is explicitly identified as bad practice in > the HTML 4.01 specfication. The correct way of redirecting is to > send an HTTP status 302 (or 301) response, with the correct URL in > the Location: header. Amongst other problems, 0 delay refreshes can > break the Back button on GUI browsers.
I can't decide which is more irritating: this, or web pages whose whole content is a script saying "document.location=...". On the one hand, my Netscape [which has JavaScript turned off] will obey the refresh, so I don't have to go and look at the page source to find out why I've got a blank page. On the other hand, at least the latter doesn't break the "back" button, which is *the* most frequently used navigation aid. Getting back past a page with a 0-delay refresh can be a complete nightmare. imc ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
