- From: Stephane Bailliez <stephane.bailliez@imediation.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:32:57 +0100
- To: <www-html@w3c.org>
-----Original Message----- From: Jonny Axelsson [mailto:jonny@metastasis.net] >I'd just like to interject that I hate this use. Not in complex forms, but >on the front page of news sites like cnn.com. They typically has a refresh >rate of 15-30 minutes to ensure that you view the latest news. The problem >is when you use dial-up connection from countries where you pay per minute >(the majority of countries in the world). mm..that's right. I didn't think about that. Even though I live in this kind of country but I switched to cable for a year now. Thanks for pointing out this problem. >A refresh usually causes a dial-up. If you have a shut-down after 20 >minutes, you can have this sequence: Automatic dialup, after 20 minutes >shut-down, after 10 minutes dial-up, after 20 minutes shut-down... If you >happen to leave your browser with cnn.com (or similar), shut down and leave >for a day, that cost is upwards of 25$ (I know, I've done that). I usually didn't permit automatic dialup... -- Stephane Bailliez, Paris - France
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