David E. Ross wrote:
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>> Ray Davison wrote:
>>> There is a news site - theblaze.com - that has long been slow and
>>> jerky probably because of all the video. But now it is spontaneously
>>> reloading the home page as well as the linked pages every few seconds.
>>
>> It reloads via JavaScript, every 5 seconds.
>>
>> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function($) {
>> $.blazereFresher({"threadhtime":0.5,"reloadtime":5}); });</
script>
>>
>> The page has over 583 Kilobytes of JavaScript, a lot of it from
>> Google's jQuery crap, plus many trackers.
>>
>> One of the worst sites I've looked at in quite a while.
>
> It does not require JavaScript to force reloads. A simple META tag in
> the Web page's header will do the same.
That's true, of course, but doesn't apply in this case. The first thing I
looked for was a META refresh tag, but there was none.
> I often visit a different news site that had some really annoying
> JavaScripts. I already had the PrefBar exention installed and had added
> a checkbox to enable and disable JavaScript. ...
As do I. Normally, I have JavaScript disabled, and only turn it on if I
find a site that doesn't work without it, and I trust the site.
--
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