Do you wait for browser and download redirects?

[frodrick]

When a web page says "hey, this page was moved, we'll redirect you in 5 seconds to the new one. If your browser doesn't work so hot, click here" do you click the link or wait for the redirect? Similarly, when pages don't link directly to a file that you want to download and make you wait a few seconds for the download to start, do you wait or click the link to start it immediately?

 

[Snapster]

Depends if I have something to read in another tab/window

 

[venk]

<---patient

 

[So]

I click 99% of the time.

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Originally posted by: So
I click 99% of the time.

 

[anxi80]

'view source', see where it redirects to, copy the address, close my browser, goto the run prompt, paste it in the 'open' field, and then click 'ok'. dont even hit 'enter', i always click 'ok'.


yes i can wait the whole 5 seconds for the redirect.

 

[chowmein]

5 seconds is way too long.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

why would i not click? there is nothing on that page to warrant staying for .5 seconds, let alone 5

 

[PanzerIV]

I click.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
I click.

Always. Why wait? Is there prize for waiting?

 

[BurnItDwn]

I have NEVER waited for anything like that if it's more then a second.

 

[DT4K]

I'd rather expend the energy to press down my mouse button one extra time instead of waiting for 5 seconds.
Why in the fvck would anyone wait?
It's like the page is asking you if you want it to do what you told it to do right now, or if you'd rather sit and wait a while for no particular reason.

 

[frodrick]

so what's the point of them if the vast majority just click the fail-safe link?