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Many browsers in Japan (EZWeb, i-mode, etc) don’t allow meta refresh, and in fact, they may display warning messages such as “This page uses newer technology and cannot be displayed” in place of your webpage.
How can I tell if a mobile browser does not support meta-refreshing so that I can take different action in those cases?
Thanks
The best option for something like this is to display a link on the page with the meta-refresh. The traditional “click here if the page doesn’t redirect you in 5 seconds” kind of thing. That’s what has been done for years in the PC realm.
You should also consider an HTTP 304 with the
Location:header if you are just redirecting.If instead you want a page to reload after a specific amount of time, then you are stuck. Without JavaScript, there is no other method you can use to automatically do this.