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    Refreshing Firefox Browser

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nickspohn, Oct 9, 2005.

  1. nickspohn

    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Would there be a way to make Firefox or IE to automatically refresh the page its viewing like every minute. Can it be done? Im constantly hitting the refresh button and i was wondering if you can set it so it refreshes automatically.
     
    nickspohn, Oct 9, 2005
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  2. Brian

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    There may be a mod to allow this, but nothing out of the box. What are you looking at that you want to refresh so often?
     
    Brian, Oct 9, 2005
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Well some cases on this site when there are new posts and espeiacialy on my email. I use comcast's and when i have a message a click on email and then when im done and delete it, it still says i have 1 email when it has been deleted. Its just that convienence when i use the internet a lot.
     
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    you could just use the shortcut to refresh. Ctrl + R Outside of that, I don't know of anything that would refresh every minute.
     
    Amber, Oct 9, 2005
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Can you use Microsoft Outlook with Comcast mail? That would let you know when you have new mail right away. ;)
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 9, 2005
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah i can but its more covienent for me anyway to use comcasts. Its ok though if it can be done, i was always wondering though, thanks.
     
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  7. Brian

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    I would think FF has an extension for this, I'd start by looking there.
     
    Brian, Oct 9, 2005
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Ok thanks brian, i will look around for it.
     
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    Yup I have been using this extension for some time now. Sorry didn't notice the thread earlier to tell you about it. But this thing works great. Lets you refresh any tab you want, and you get to set the refresh interval. Pretty neat :p
     
    qwester, Oct 12, 2005
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I cant get it to work for some reason. I restarted firefox like it said and it hasnt done anything.
     
    nickspohn, Oct 12, 2005
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    Ok nevermind, thank you for the link! Only problem is when it clears evrything you type.
     
    nickspohn, Oct 12, 2005
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    ya a refresh does clear any text fields that you had already filled in! I don't think there is a way around that.
     
    qwester, Oct 12, 2005
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