page refresh. bug?

[Guest]

On my web app I allow the user to enable or disable the refreshing of the
page. I notcied that if the browser window is minimized the page does not
refresh, or if it sits a long time without any user interaction(does not
happen often) the page does not refresh. Is this a code issue or just how
refresh works?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Refreshing a browser is done either by the user pressing a key, menu, or
toolbar item that refreshes the page, or by the use of JavaScript on the
page. You didn't mention in what context you were talking about refreshing a
page. What you DID say ("I allow the user to enable or disable the
refreshing of the page") doesn't make sense. I can tell you that if a
browser window is minimized, the user certainly can NOT interact with the
browser to refresh the page.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

 

[Girish Bharadwaj]

I dont believe its a bug. I think its a optimization done by IE.

 

[Guest]

I have the page refreshing via javascript code,

Refreshing a browser is done either by the user pressing a key, menu, or
toolbar item that refreshes the page, or by the use of JavaScript on the
page. You didn't mention in what context you were talking about refreshing a
page. What you DID say ("I allow the user to enable or disable the
refreshing of the page") doesn't make sense. I can tell you that if a
browser window is minimized, the user certainly can NOT interact with the
browser to refresh the page.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Thanks Mike,

So, you're saying that if the browser is minimized, the JavaScript doesn't
run and refresh the page? Interesting. Have you tried using a META Refresh
tag?

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living