[#179] Meta "location" redirect

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The issue I would like to raise comes from a suggestion about a way to do
auto-redirect in HTML. The standard way to do this is to use a <meta>
element to mimic an HTTP refresh header, e.g., 

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="http://www.watchfire.com/" />

The suggestion was that we use the "location" header, e.g., 

<meta http-equiv="Location" content="http://www.watchfire.com/" />

I tested this in IE6 and Mozilla 1.2 and it did not work. Further, according
to my understanding of HTTP, it theoretically should not work. Therefore I
propose that we declare this a "non-technique" and close the issue, and need
the group's approval.

Michael

Michael Cooper
Accessibility Project Manager
Watchfire
1 Hines Rd
Kanata, ON  K2K 3C7
Canada
+1 613 599 3888 x4019
http://bobby.watchfire.com/

Received on Wednesday, 28 May 2003 12:01:40 UTC