[WEB4LIB] Re: browser back button

[Thomas Dowling]

>
> 1. I go to a.html
> 2. My browser sees that a.html includes
>     '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;b.html">' and
>     immediately goes to b.html
> 3. I hit my back button.  My browser goes back to a.html
>     and immediately goes to b.html.
>

For those scoring along at home, that tag should be:

  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=b.html">

Opera avoids this trap.  Some other browsers avoid it if you double-click
the back button (which simply takes back past a.html before the browser
parses the META tag again.).

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu