[Techtalk] meta refresh browser dependent?

[Meredydd Luff]

Also, if the behaviour you're experiencing is that the URL itself
isn't actually getting hit, perhaps the browser is "reloading" from
its own cache. (Konqueror, in particular, has a nasty habit of doing
this - perhaps FF too, I don't know). If that's the case, why not try
using the various HTTP cache headers - or, alternatively, include a
random parameter in your refresh url (eg 'http-equiv="refresh"
content="180;url=http://somehost/foo.php?x=0.23267430501"', with the
value of 'x' changing each time the page is refreshed). It's probably
not the pretty way to do it, but I've used this hack myself, and I've
seen it "in the wild", too...


Meredydd


On 11/2/06, Kai MacTane <kmactane at gothpunk.com> wrote:
> At 03:10 PM 11/1/2006 , N S wrote:
>
> >Does the following work differently in IE and Firefox?  I'm
> >experiencing some difference in behaviour.
> >
> ><meta http-equiv='refresh' content='180' />
>
> TTBOMK, that should: A) work; and B) do it identically in both browsers.
>
> But I have no experience with IE7, so they might have changed things in
> that version. Also, Firefox might have weird extensions loaded which do odd
> things.
>
>                                                  --Kai MacTane
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