How do I stop webpages from auto-reloading/refreshing?

Linux Ubuntu 9.04
Firefox 3.0.19

Some pages use an onload event to set the focus to a text area or search field.
You can try NoScript to see if that blocks it.
*NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/noscript/

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