On 11/6/12 3:44 PM, Rick Merrill wrote:
> Philip TAYLOR wrote:
>>
>>
>> Jens Hatlak wrote:
>>
>>> Preferences/Appearance/Content, second but last checkbox.
>
> Thank you Jens - I had overlooked reading that list because
> it was under "appearnce" :-)
>
>
>>>
>>>> and what does it mean?
>>>
>>> Press the Help button.
>>
>> which will then tell you (amongst other things)
>>
>>> Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the
>>> page: Select this to let SeaMonkey block automatic meta
>>> redirection (HTTP-EQUIV=refresh) requests by default. When a redirect is
>>> supposed to be executed, a notification bar is shown instead which
>>> allows
>>> you to permit the redirect on a case-by-case basis.
>>
>> Philip Taylor
>
> Thank you Philip - I still do not understand why or when I might want
> that warning. Most of sites where I have seen that do not change the
> URL from before "Allow" to after. Do rogue websites make a scam from this?
Here is a use-case:
I very often (several times each day) visit Reuters's U.S. news Web
site. After about 5 minutes, the home page -- listing current news
articles about the U.S. -- redirects to another page that is a mixture
of U.S. and world news from Reuters. This often happens while I am
reading a particular news article in another tab. Thus, when I return
to the tab with the home page, the home page is no longer there even if
I was not through with it.
Having been a long-time user of the PrefBar extension, I added a
checkbox to PrefBar that enables or disables the warning about
redirects. I enable the warning when I go to any Reuters news Web
pages. In case I forget to disable the warning, I have set
user_pref("accessibility.blockautorefresh", false);
in the user.js file in my profile.
Note that the redirect at Reuters might not happen if JavaScript were
enabled. However, I find the use of scripts at the Reuters Web pages to
be very annoying.
Yes, I have several complaints against Reuters. But I find Reuters's
news to be accurate, timely, and very objective; so I put up with the
annoyances.
--
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>
Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive
bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation.
© 1997 by David E. Ross
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