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Isn’t this exactly what’s described in the article?
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Re: I just learned about HTML redirects (2020)
#12This is also used as a poor man’s live feed: just use this element to reload the page or frame on a set interval.
Drudge Report site still does this, I think. Maybe it's JS now, never checked.
Re: I just learned about HTML redirects (2020)
#13Ok, I'll bite - how else do people do this? (Speaking as someone who has ONLY ever done it this way.)
Re: I just learned about HTML redirects (2020)
#14Ok, I'll bite - how else do people do this? (Speaking as someone who has ONLY ever done it this way.)
Most of the time it’s via a server redirect or a rule on the load balancer.
Re: I just learned about HTML redirects (2020)
#15I use this trick to autorefresh the resource that I'm working on.
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Re: I just learned about HTML redirects (2020)
#17Ok, I'll bite - how else do people do this? (Speaking as someone who has ONLY ever done it this way.)
The most common is using an HTTP header. Less common: `document.location` in JavaScript
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Redirectio...
Re: I just learned about HTML redirects (2020)
#18Ok, I'll bite - how else do people do this? (Speaking as someone who has ONLY ever done it this way.)
HTTP 3xx status code with a Location header.
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#19Re: I just learned about HTML redirects (2020)
#20Amazing that these were forgotten!