Ask HN: How to turn off auto-refresh on techcrunch?

5 pointsexpertcs15y ago6 comments

Lately, techcrunch has added auto-refresh on their website. I understand it must be for increasing pageviews, however, I simply hate it. Can someone help me on how to turn it completely off?

6 comments

maushu15y ago

When sites try to increase pageviews artificially it pisses me off.

They could've easily implemented a ajax solution to update only the headers section of the site.

aj15y ago

If you're using Firefox, there is an option under "Tools->Options->Advanced Tab->Accessibility" - Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload web pages

You could use that I think. I've not tried it (and I don't want to visit TC)

staunch15y ago

You might be able to get it turned off for all of us if you're willing to contact their advertising networks and tell them about it :-)

colonelxc15y ago

This caught my eye in the source: setTimeout('location.reload(true)',1200000);

The simplest way is to disable javascript.

i38615y ago

Or use their RSS/ATOM feed.

jacquesm15y ago

How about a greasemonkey script ?

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