Hi,

I believe you should be able to do something similar by doing the following:

1. Type "about:config" in the address bar.
2. Click the "I accept the risk" button.
3. Type "accessibility.blockautorefresh" in the search box.
4. Double-click on the first item that appears to change the value to "true".
5. Restart Firefox.

Hope that helps!

Thank you much! Seems to have worked just dandy so far. I appreciate the reply.

I don't understand STEP 4 of your directions?!?!? Could you clarify this statement. There are TWO choices.....what do I do???????????????

mfp1975 said

I'd like to know how to DISABLE the obnoxious Firefox Quantum auto "refresh"? This supposed "new & improved" browser will not allow the formerly used "add-ons" and other tricks to negate the automatic page refresh...

You received an answer to 'override' and stop sites from auto-refreshing, but the browser doesn't auto-refresh any Webpage on its own at all.

That's the Website's design whether you see a page auto-refresh or not. The blame is on a Webpage if it 'tells' FireFox to auto-refresh, and FF just obeys the 'command' from a Webpage to auto-refresh.

Obviously, certain sites/pages are designed to auto-refresh when the data is time-sensitive and the user expects to see the latest data. Example: Weather sites with forecasts, Satellite Imagery, and Radar.

Anyway, it's nice to know there's a Config setting that override and stop all auto-refreshing, if I would ever need it.  :D

~Pj

reefer said

I don't understand STEP 4 of your directions?!?!? Could you clarify this statement. There are TWO choices.....what do I do???????????????

The second one is "accessibility.blockautorefresh" (the one without 'sync' in it) and it should be showing it is set to 'false'. Double-Click on that and it will change to 'true'.

~Pj

This set of directions is not working for me. I am probably NOT doing something correctly. FIRST I get out of ALL Firefox icons in my taskbar. Then I have to OPEN Firefox to put "about: config: in. Then I hit ENTER. Then I hit "TAKE RISK: ....or something like that. Then I type "accessibillty.blockautorefresh" in the search box. Then there are TWO choices. The first choice says TRUE.. The second choice, I DOUBLE CLIck on it to get TRUE. Then my only choice is to "X" out of the page, turn off Firefox and restart it. I then open DRUDGE and it is STILL refreshing. What the heck???? What am I doing wrong?