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How may I disable an http-equiv refresh in JavaScript ?

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This would be better handled on the server. There are a number of tools to let you reliably check to see if the browser supports JS (BrowserHawk is one that comes to mind) or you can check the SupportsECMAScript (in ASP.NET) property of the Browser object and write out different code if the browser supports JS.

Paul Alexander 2009-05-11 20:45:55

Supporting JavaScript is not the same as having it enabled.

epascarello 2009-05-12 01:17:51

That's true - that's why I referenced a tool like BrowserHawk which actually tests the target browser.

Paul Alexander 2009-05-12 02:09:09

Answer 2

+6 A:

Not exactly sure, but maybe:

<noscript>
    <meta http-equiv="Refresh" id="refresh" content="60"/>
</noscript>

a paid nerd 2009-05-11 20:46:06

My understanding was the noscript only worked in the body.

Martin Peck 2009-05-11 20:48:14

I'm not sure if that's really XHTML valid but seems to work !

paulgreg 2009-05-11 20:55:04

Hey - it works (just tried it in IE8 with scripting on and off). +1 for this answer.

Martin Peck 2009-05-11 20:55:28

Yes, thanks a lot ! Here's the result : http://build-status.appspot.com/?app_name=your_project_name

paulgreg 2009-05-11 20:57:54

It would be even better if I may found a way to be W3 compliant. :)

paulgreg 2009-05-11 21:06:59

you could also try removing the tag's node from the DOM via JS.

Tracker1 2009-05-11 21:09:13

It's what I tried first (see my question) but browser doesn't take care of that modification.

paulgreg 2009-05-12 07:46:37

I almost downvoted this answer, but then I tested it and found out it actually works (at least on IE5, IE6, Safari 4, Firefox, and Chrome). It looks to me like the W3C needs to get with it on this one.

Joey Adams 2010-05-31 07:04:59

Answer 3

A:

I don't think there's a way of disabling the http-equiv refresh.

Is the status page the first page in your app? If not, then why not get the capabilities of the client up front before requesting the status page? If it is then you might have to inject a UI-less page that grabs the capability of the browser and instantly post back to the real status page. All this assumes that you're not willing to use the user agent string in the HTTP Header to get the browser capability.

Martin Peck 2009-05-11 20:47:09

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