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Posted by John Dunlop on 01/16/07 16:47
Arjen:
> Use meta refresh
> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.url.ext/" />
The meta refresh can be bewildering, all the more so if
the user isn't looking at the page when it "redirects". It
can knock the user's mental model out of kilter.
And, as Michael pointed out, it can also break the Back
button, because as soon as you go Back to the page with the
meta refresh, it "redirects" you again. Hitting the Back
button twice with a delay of zero is tricky.
The meta refresh also doesn't offer different types of
"redirect" - for example, permanent, temporary - but only one
fake redirect, lodged in the markup of the page.
And some browsers don't even support the meta refresh,
still others allow you to turn it off, so you would have to
offer another means of getting to the new page, such as a link.
What do you gain from the meta refresh and would it not be
better to either simply link to the new page or set up a real
redirect?
--
Jock
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