FF 59 no longer seeing option to prevent page redirects

[kukla]

Could have started in FF57, but after updating to 59 this is the first time I'm noticing it. Used to be in Preferences>Advanced>Accessibility, then moved to Privacy & Security, I believe, but not finding this option in the current Preferences UI anywhere.

accessibility.blockautorefresh is set to true, but has no effect.

EDIT: still working in my 52esr.

This is the site which wants to do the meta refresh--definitely gets stopped from auto reloading with my 52esr.

https://www.santander.co.uk/uk/current- ... nt-account

EDIT 2: does sometimes seem to be working. E.g, works here--no idea why it isn't being blocked at the URL above, where my 52esr stops it.

[kukla]

Very different blocking appearance with the 52esr (I have Refresh Blocker there, but upon disabling it, this redirect was still blocked.) Wondering what might account for the difference?

[Brummelchen]

mozillazine is not santander related, why do you show such wrong images?
i cannot confirm your issue.

[kukla]

mozillazine is not santander related, why do you show such wrong images?
i cannot confirm your issue.

Your post reveals a serious deficiency in critical thinking skills. Thank you very much, but please do me a big favor and don't respond to any future requests for help or information.

[RobertJ]

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FWIW I have

accessibility.blockautorefresh -> true

using FF59.0 on Mac 10.13.3 and DO NOT see pages auto refreshing.

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[kukla]

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FWIW I have

accessibility.blockautorefresh -> true

using FF59.0 on Mac 10.13.3 and DO NOT see pages auto refreshing.

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Whew, thanks. Will have to look further into this then. Have you tried that one at Santander? Is that redirect blocked? Besides that setting in about:config, are you seeing anything in the Preferences UI for that?

[RobertJ]

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When going to the Santander site using your link I get a static page called "1|2|3 Lite Current Account". It does not change over a number of minutes.

With regard to

are you seeing anything in the Preferences UI for that?

there does not seem to be anything in the Preferences.

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[kukla]

When going to the Santander site using your link I get a static page called "1|2|3 Lite Current Account". It does not change over a number of minutes.

So then I take it that you're not seeing this (from my esr):


If not, that would be the same behavior I'm seeing in my 59. Perhaps the 59 doesn't render that site the same way as my esr, and my 59 is behaving normally.

[RobertJ]

So then I take it that you're not seeing this (from my esr):


If not, that would be the same behavior I'm seeing in my 59. Perhaps the 59 doesn't render that site the same way as my esr, and my 59 is behaving normally.

I do not see that.

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[kukla]

Then looks like my 59 is behaving normally. Thanks for testing.

[RobertJ]

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Your welcome

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[RobertJ]

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Interesting. With that about:config [accessibility.blockautorefresh] set to true I see this at a site I go to using FF59.0


the site is http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandco ... andconfirm

[therube]

This is the site which wants to do the meta refresh--definitely gets stopped from auto reloading with my 52esr.

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https://www.santander.co.uk/uk/current-accounts/123-lite-current-account

If you have JavaScript blocked when you load that URL, then the page tries to "roll over" to a "no javascript" page:

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https://www.santander.co.uk/uk/web/santanderuk/current-accounts/123-lite-current-account?p_v_l_s_g_id=0&p_l_id=464701&jsActive=false

That "roll over" is blocked by accessibility.blockautorefresh on my end (SeaMonkey 2.49 aka FF 52).
(Can't say at present if the same holds true in FF 59?)