Author: Ralf Elvsén
Date: 01:45:07 09/13/99
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On September 13, 1999 at 04:14:14, Shep wrote: >On September 12, 1999 at 02:29:04, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: > >>On September 11, 1999 at 19:43:39, Ralf Elvsén wrote: >> >>>Have you constructed that site? If so, maybe you want to know >>>that my backbutton (Netscape) becomes disabled when I try to >>>get back here... >>> >>>Ralf >> >>After experimenting, I presume you refer to the site: >>http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/SmartChessOnline/OctNov%201997/fowell.htm >> >>since I also use Netscape, and have the same problem with this site, >>and not with the other site I mentioned: >>http://dmoz.org/Games/Board_Games/Chess/Software/Macintosh/ >>(I also use Netscape). >> >>No, I didn't make that site, but I have seen that behaviour with >>several sites (and very annoying it is). The "Go" menu is the easiest >>way I've found to back out of such sites. I don't know whether this >>behaviour is peculiar to Netscape or not. > >Some technobabble about this: >This behaviour is not Netscape-specific. The URL is actually a redirection to >another page with 0 seconds timeout. So when you try to go back one page, the >redirection immediately kicks you back (or in that case, "forward") to the page >you were at before. >(This is accomplished by adding > <META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="0;url:http://bla.com/index.html"> > to the header of the respective page.) > >Ways to get out are: > 1) Click "Back" two times very quickly, or > 2) Click "Back", hold down mouse button and choose top entry from the menu > that appears. > >--- >Shep Thanks Shep. The last advice was good. Ralf
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