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I'm sure you're in the absolute minority. Most people want all apps, including the browser, to stay the way they were when they closed them, even after a reboot

stestagg 8y ago
Do you have data for this? I'm also in the absolute minority
ams6110 8y ago
Me too. I want a blank page when I open my browser. If I reboot a device, I want nothing but base system running when it restarts.
sethammons 8y ago
I sure as heck want my tabs back. But I'd settle for "restore tabs" as I have to do that a lot in chrome on my MacBook Pro. On my Android, the tabs are just there and I really appreciate it. I have over a dozen tabs open on my phone and two dozen on my laptop.
- LoSboccacc 8y ago
  It’s very convenient, but isn’t that scenario better covered by hibernating the os? That covers all app and doesn’t require any app to have special behaviour coded in
  - sethammons 8y ago
    If I never had to restart, sure. I have to restart my laptop weekly at least. Heck, it locked up twice last week opening Diablo 3 forcing a hard power cycle. My phone gets restarted less often but still gets into odd states where a reboot is needed.
    - LoSboccacc 8y ago
      tangential, but check out that your power supply is ok, that's the second most common source of random lockups during load (I assume drivers are up to date, that'd be the first)
signal11 8y ago
But that’s why you need a “safe start mode” where you can start the app with a clean slate. Several Microsoft Office apps do this now. Given iOS’s repeated “crash loop” issues you’d think they’d have learnt by now.
bdcravens 8y ago
That always bothers me. What if a page was (dumbly) in a state that makes a change I don't want?
13of40 8y ago
I'm in that minority too, I guess. There's nothing more grating than to explicitly close all tabs, only to be asked whether you want to open them again. For me, tabs are like this useless plaque that slowly accumulates and needs to be blown away every two or three days.
reaperducer 8y ago
Yep. I know someone who keeps dozens and dozens of tabs open on an iPhone. It's kind of like a bookmark library. I explained that there is a bookmark feature just for this sort of thing, but when you're used to doing something one way, change can be slow.

stestagg 8y ago

Do you have data for this? I'm also in the absolute minority

ams6110 8y ago

Me too. I want a blank page when I open my browser. If I reboot a device, I want nothing but base system running when it restarts.

sethammons 8y ago

I sure as heck want my tabs back. But I'd settle for "restore tabs" as I have to do that a lot in chrome on my MacBook Pro. On my Android, the tabs are just there and I really appreciate it. I have over a dozen tabs open on my phone and two dozen on my laptop.

LoSboccacc 8y ago
It’s very convenient, but isn’t that scenario better covered by hibernating the os? That covers all app and doesn’t require any app to have special behaviour coded in
- sethammons 8y ago
  If I never had to restart, sure. I have to restart my laptop weekly at least. Heck, it locked up twice last week opening Diablo 3 forcing a hard power cycle. My phone gets restarted less often but still gets into odd states where a reboot is needed.
  - LoSboccacc 8y ago
    tangential, but check out that your power supply is ok, that's the second most common source of random lockups during load (I assume drivers are up to date, that'd be the first)

signal11 8y ago

But that’s why you need a “safe start mode” where you can start the app with a clean slate. Several Microsoft Office apps do this now. Given iOS’s repeated “crash loop” issues you’d think they’d have learnt by now.

bdcravens 8y ago

That always bothers me. What if a page was (dumbly) in a state that makes a change I don't want?

13of40 8y ago

I'm in that minority too, I guess. There's nothing more grating than to explicitly close all tabs, only to be asked whether you want to open them again. For me, tabs are like this useless plaque that slowly accumulates and needs to be blown away every two or three days.

reaperducer 8y ago

Yep. I know someone who keeps dozens and dozens of tabs open on an iPhone. It's kind of like a bookmark library. I explained that there is a bookmark feature just for this sort of thing, but when you're used to doing something one way, change can be slow.