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The browser history worked fine while the web still was rather static. Not so much now with dynamically generated pages where the content changes for better ..o
by tonoto 2y ago
The browser history worked fine while the web still was rather static. Not so much now with dynamically generated pages where the content changes for better ..or worse. A tab, in contrast, keeps its state. There are tools, such as SingleFile, Zotero, Pocket, screenshot, "print/save" to PDF etc.. but depending on content, an open tab is convenient enough.
- kevincox 2y agoDo tabs that are unloaded keep much state? My understanding was that they basically loaded as if a fresh navigation except for some extra form field preservation. Or is the active state serialized to disk somehow?
- rcxdude 2y agoNot much state is kept: maybe about as much as if you were to navigate to the page again with the back button (which is an annoyingly little nowadays).