[thelist] meta refresh or document.location.href

[Richard Harb]

The circumstances: A browser might be configured that automatic
redirection is being turned off - that would cancel the directive
given with the meta tag. I'm not quite sure, but I think every browser
has an option to do just that - if sometimes hidden.

So if javascript isn't turned off (which you assume) and if that
option isn't turned off either, they should both work fine.
Which one takes precedence though would be up to the browser. If you
direct to page A with javascript and to page B with the meta tag
result would be a tad unpredictable if both are set to do it
instantaneously.

Aside from that I think to remember it was said to be bad practice -
or at least uncourteous - to not show where you are guiding your
visitor to.

HTH
Richard

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Friday, April 23, 2004, 4:02:48 AM, you wrote:

> Disregarding any issues of whether or not javascript is enabled, 
> (assume that it is) which is more reliable a method of redirecting a
> page:
> <meta http-equiv="refresh"...
> or
> onload="document.location.href=...

> Does it make a difference if the documents are on the file system 
> rather than on a server?

> Reason I ask is that I like using the meta tag, but people always say
> to include a link just in case. I don't know under what circumstances
> the meta tag doesn't work. I do not want to include a link because it
> would show a split second before redirection.

> Diane

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