Re: lynx-dev REFRESH question

[mattack]

On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Doug Kaufman wrote:
>On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Frederic L . W . Meunier wrote:
>
>> Hmm, I have a stupid question. It's impossible to use REFRESH with
>> Lynx? Actually I see REFRESH(X sec): etc. Sorry, I don't know how it
>> works, but it's very useful sometimes to redirect you to a page or
>> just reload one. A friend said that it's easy to implement.
>
>Lynx works with REFRESH just fine. All you have to do is activate the
>link. It is intentional that it doesn't automatically go to the new
>URL. You can take as much time as you like to view the current page
>before going to the new URL.

I'm not trying to be nitpicky but I will..

Is it really "intentional"?  I had thought that it was because this was
a Netscape-ism that wasn't a "real" HTML thing.

Well, even if that is the case, would it be easily possible to add 
the refresh mechanism optionally?  I sure as heck would rather have it
automatically happen..  (I hope this would also work with my Wells Fargo
account which doesn't _show_ a URL, I have to type control-R when it
shows the 'verifying password' screen.)