Yes, that could be the reason why they don't update the Back button. However, many sites uses this feature to display a splash image to welcome the visitors, and being unable to get back to that page, which can contain other information as well, can be very annoying.
Travis Crump wrote: > I've noticed this and I think it is considered a feature since if you > were redirected once than it stands to reason that you are going to be > redirected again if you visit the same page. I think(but have no actual > knowledge) that the point of this is to prevent you from getting stuck > on a page which you can't back out of since going back one page will > just bring you back to the same page after the redirect. > > David Tenser wrote: > >> Anyone noticed or reported this? >> >> When loading a page with a meta tag that's supposed to load another >> page after n seconts: >> >> <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="10;URL=start.html"> >> >> Mozilla's Back button isn't updated when moving to the other page. You >> can't back to the previous page, instead you are taken to the page you >> visited before that page. >> >> / David >> >
