Code like on this page does not work in (my) Firefox 3.6 and also not in Fx4b11 (WinXPsp3) Works in IE8, Safari 5, Opera 11, Mozilla 1.7, Chrome 9

<meta http-equiv=refresh content="12; URL=meta2.htm">

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; URL=">

are completely ignored

Not that I use such back-button killing things, but a LOT of sites do, possibly including my linux apache it seems when it wants to show a 503 error page...

If I firebug or look at generated content, I do not see the refresh tag changed in any way so I am really curious what kind of plugin/addon could block me which is why I googled (in vain) for a known bug...

In about:config I have accessibility.blockautorefresh; false so that is not it. I ran in safe mode and OH MY GOD, STACKEXCHANGE IS FULL OF ADS but no redirect

UPDATE: Firefox 5 does not show this behaviour and redirects as expected

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3 Answers

Go to about:config (enter about:config as url), there is setting accessibility.blockautorefresh, set it as false.

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See if the problem exists with Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode).

If the problem doesn't occur any more, then it is caused by an extension. Disable in this case the extensions until you locate the guilty one.

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Issue has gone away for some reason.