Re: http-equiv="refresh" redirects ignored in markup validator

On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 07:59 AM, Lars Holst wrote:
> Feature, not bug? Possibly. My suggestion was made from a desire to 
> have a
> validation service that works in a user-friendly and logical way, 
> that's
> all.

I don't see what's illogical about validating the URL that it's been
given.

> Btw, I have no idea what "HTTP redirection" is. An explanation or a 
> link
> would be helpful.

I'm afraid I don't understand why your ignorance becomes my problem.
It's a shame you don't know, but I would ascribe it to a deficiency in
your experience of learning Web development.  You should really have
been taught (by instructor, by book, by tutorial, etc.) that
a meta-refresh is a poor way to send people from one address to
another.

Here is one way to find out what "HTTP redirection" is:

      
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22http+redirection%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

--Kynn

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Received on Monday, 28 July 2003 11:31:08 UTC