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Re: how to automatically reload a firefox page

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Hi Steve

The add-on Tab Mix Plus has an option under Menu to add "Reload every ..." to the tab's context menu. The add-on may be overkill if you just want that reload option, but I do know it works.

Kind regards

Jan

24.07.2017, 14:56, "Steve Kleene" <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu>:
> I'm looking for an automated way to have firefox-esr reload its window at
> regular intervals. There's a site to which I like to stay connected that
> logs me off if the window is inactive for long.
>
> For the past few years I've been using the ReloadEvery plugin for this. With
> the upgrade to firefox-esr 52, though, this stopped working, probably as
> explained here:
>
>   https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/
>
> I tried the newest ReloadEvery (v45) available online, but it still doesn't
> work. Before ReloadEvery, I used to set up a shell command that would
> periodically do this:
>
>   /usr/bin/iceweasel -remote openurl\([URL]\)
>
> The -remote call also no longer works. Any other ideas on how to do this?
> Thanks.

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how to automatically reload a firefox page Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> - 2017-07-24 15:00 +0200
  Re: how to automatically reload a firefox page Jan <phenomenalia@yandex.com> - 2017-07-24 17:30 +0200
    Re: how to automatically reload a firefox page Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-25 12:00 +0200
      Re: how to automatically reload a firefox page Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> - 2017-07-25 18:10 +0200
        Re: how to automatically reload a firefox page Jochen Spieker <js@wim.re> - 2017-07-25 21:10 +0200
        how to automatically reload a firefox page Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> - 2017-07-26 15:00 +0200
    Re: how to automatically reload a firefox page Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> - 2017-07-25 18:00 +0200

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