Aquarion wrote:
> Take a letter Miss Jones: To Roy S Schestowitz, Re: Automatic Browser
> Refresh: Can This Be Done?:
>> Philip Herlihy wrote:
>>
>>> You should be able to use a "refresh" meta tag for this, although that
>>> usage is "deprecated" in favour of server-side scripting in "real"
>>> sites. Alternatively, on Windows systems, hitting the F5 key will
>>> trigger a refresh
>>> so there may be some equivalent for your browsers on Linux. I'd imagine
>>> having your browser flashing away every few seconds would get very
>>> annoying!
>>
>> Thanks for the advice. Basically, CTRL+R and F5 are what I currently do,
>> but it involves changing between active windows and some extra
>> keystrokes. The metatag is not very ideal because I need to add it to
>> every page that I edit. As long as I get quick previews, I don't mind the
>> flashing.
>
> If you install FireFox and the Tabbed Browsing Extension, you can right
> click on a tab and tell it to auto-refresh every 5/10/60/120 seconds
Thanks. I'll have a look at that.
Roy
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