Meta Tag refresh not working in chrome

Question

Below is my code .. In IE and Firefox it works fine .. i.e after 10seconds it gets redirected to www.google.com .. but the same code doesn't work in Chrome

<html>  
<head>
<title>App- Log In</title>

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10; url=http://www.google.com">

<script language="JavaScript">
      function noBack(){window.history.forward()}
      noBack();
      window.onload=noBack;
      window.onpageshow=function(evt){if(evt.persisted)noBack()}
      window.onunload=function(){void(0)}
</script>   

</head>

  <body>
Testing
</body>
</html>

Not sure about this one.. but have you tried removing the space between 10; and url=http://...? — Johan, Jun 29 '12 at 10:30
Is the server sending an actual `Refresh` HTTP header? That should override the in page one. — robertc, Jun 29 '12 at 11:34
Could you explain what's going on in the first `script` tag? I don't get it. Is it suppose to prevent navigating back using the browser history? — Per Salbark, Jun 29 '12 at 11:48
yes Per you are right .. its a script to prevent back navigation — JAB, Jun 29 '12 at 12:01
It's not working for me in Chrome or IE9. I can navigate back. — Per Salbark, Jun 29 '12 at 12:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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Your problem is this line:

window.history.forward()

Whenever this line has executed, the meta-refresh disables in Chrome.

My recommendation would be not to try to disable the back button since it isn't working reliably, and from what I gather it can't be done.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Jun 29 '12 at 11:44

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Correct Per .. If i remove the back button navigation script .. it works fine even in chrome .. But i can't ignore that script .. – JAB Jun 29 '12 at 12:04

Meta Tag refresh not working in chrome

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