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How can I turn off the automatic reload/refresh on websites like Drudge Report?

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rsqjolly
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These sites refresh about every few minutes are this is annoying when I'm in the middle on reading something.

These sites refresh about every few minutes are this is annoying when I'm in the middle on reading something.

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cor-el
cor-el
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The Drudge Report site uses a JavaScript timer to reload the page every 3 minutes.

You can cancel the timer on that website with this bookmarklet.

javascript:clearInterval(timer);void(autoRefresh=null);

See this for a Greasemonkey script: