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Posted: 8/30/2014 10:38:44 PM EDT
Drudge Report drives me absolutely BONKERS!  That web page refreshes about once per minute.  Even Foxnews updates too fast for my liking.

In prior versions of Internet Explorer, there was a user/client side control for when and if a web page gets updated.  I am under the impression Microsoft took that control away from the client and the web page owner now controls the refresh rate.

Is there a client side control for how frequently a web page refreshes/updates?  I'd be happy if I could just stop it and use manual refresh.
Link Posted: 8/31/2014 6:24:13 AM EDT
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This says it's how to do it in IE. I haven't tried it as I don't use IE. I hate Drudge's auto refresh.

http://www.ehow.com/how_7260358_stop-pages-auto-refreshing.html

I just installed this for Firefox. I'll see how it works.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refreshblocker/
Link Posted: 8/31/2014 6:27:58 AM EDT
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Have you tried noscript?  I use it and I've never noticed Drudge auto-reloading on me.
Link Posted: 8/31/2014 1:15:04 PM EDT
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This says it's how to do it in IE. I haven't tried it as I don't use IE. I hate Drudge's auto refresh.

http://www.ehow.com/how_7260358_stop-pages-auto-refreshing.html
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I had already disabled the meta-refresh.  It does not stop Drudge from refreshing.
Link Posted: 8/31/2014 1:15:51 PM EDT
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Have you tried noscript?  I use it and I've never noticed Drudge auto-reloading on me.
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What is noscript?  I've ever heard of it.  Is it a safe application/extension?
Link Posted: 8/31/2014 5:22:26 PM EDT
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What is noscript?  I've ever heard of it.  Is it a safe application/extension?
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Have you tried noscript?  I use it and I've never noticed Drudge auto-reloading on me.


What is noscript?  I've ever heard of it.  Is it a safe application/extension?


https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/
Link Posted: 8/31/2014 9:47:39 PM EDT
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Have you tried noscript?  I use it and I've never noticed Drudge auto-reloading on me.


What is noscript?  I've ever heard of it.  Is it a safe application/extension?


https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/


I see, so, its a Firefox add-on.

I use Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 4:55:39 AM EDT
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I can't imagine why, short of company policy, anyone would use IE.
Link Posted: 9/1/2014 8:16:20 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/1/2014 3:00:05 PM EDT
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Drudge Report drives me absolutely BONKERS!  That web page refreshes about once per minute.  Even Foxnews updates too fast for my liking.

In prior versions of Internet Explorer, there was a user/client side control for when and if a web page gets updated.  I am under the impression Microsoft took that control away from the client and the web page owner now controls the refresh rate.

Is there a client side control for how frequently a web page refreshes/updates?  I'd be happy if I could just stop it and use manual refresh.
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DrudgeReport.com does not use the standard HTML refresh commands; it uses javascript.  To stop it from refreshing, you will need to turn off javascript support for that site.
Link Posted: 9/4/2014 3:01:11 AM EDT
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DrudgeReport.com does not use the standard HTML refresh commands; it uses javascript.  To stop it from refreshing, you will need to turn off javascript support for that site.
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Drudge Report drives me absolutely BONKERS!  That web page refreshes about once per minute.  Even Foxnews updates too fast for my liking.

In prior versions of Internet Explorer, there was a user/client side control for when and if a web page gets updated.  I am under the impression Microsoft took that control away from the client and the web page owner now controls the refresh rate.

Is there a client side control for how frequently a web page refreshes/updates?  I'd be happy if I could just stop it and use manual refresh.

DrudgeReport.com does not use the standard HTML refresh commands; it uses javascript.  To stop it from refreshing, you will need to turn off javascript support for that site.



ty

(scurries off to find out how to do that)
Link Posted: 9/7/2014 3:37:02 PM EDT
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After trying several different remedies and having all of them fail, I tried a novel approach.

I sent an email to Drudge Report asking how to stop it on my end (and suggesting they stop it on their end).
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