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EarlG

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9. I would not recommend an auto-refresher extension for the reasons you state

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 02:45 PM

Aug 7

I wondered if there might be one which provided a simple "reload on back" function, but yeah, like you, the ones I was finding seemed to be focused on auto-refreshing tabs after a certain period of time, which is not what we're looking to achieve here.

We can potentially consider the meta-tag solution on a number of pages. There may be a legitimate technical reason that we can't do it, but I can look into it.

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Automatic page refresh gone? [View all] Bernardo de La Paz Aug 1 OP

To clarify: EarlG Aug 3 #1

You're welcome. Thank you EarlG and Elad Bernardo de La Paz Aug 3 #2

Sorry, I was not precise on one point: It is when I use the browser back arrow or ALT-back_arrow. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 4 #3

Hmm EarlG Aug 6 #4

Before the updates, when I was on the Home page and clicked the lit-up "My Subs" tab progree Aug 6 #5

Yes, expected behaviour on websites, but DU was better than others. It enabled me to maintain a stack more easily. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 6 #6

Interesting EarlG Aug 7 #7

Thanks. Putting a meta tag on the Lastest, Home, Subs, My Posts, and the two main indexes (GD,LBN) would go a long way Bernardo de La Paz Aug 7 #8

I would not recommend an auto-refresher extension for the reasons you state EarlG Aug 7 #9