Comment #54 on issue 147 by [email protected]: Warn when closing with multiple tabs open http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=147
geopagan: I think that we should open new issue, a write about it while opening the new ticket. This ticket closed as wont fix is unacceptable !! And of course, put a lot of stars on that new ticket, and pray for that another developer pay more attention on this issue !! And we should put the comments of ticket 1820 by Klaus.Weidner: Closing all windows and tabs without prompting is not just a user preference, it's a data loss issue, especially if the action is easy to cause by accident. If you can guarantee that restarting the browser will always completely restore state, I'd be happy with not getting prompted. But please consider the following situations: - there may be server-side state such as open AJAX server connections, authenticated HTTPS sessions, open gmail chats, or other things that cannot be restored on a restart. - a web application running locally may have complex state stored in memory. If an app would normally be allowed to present a "are you sure you want to navigate away from this page" prompt, it should also be protected from being closed unintentionally. - reloading the data from the server may not be possible. For example, you may be on a different network now than when the pages were loaded (or not have a data connection at all), or the information may not exist anymore if it was part of a session. - if surfing in incognito mode, storing the current state on disk would be counterproductive. I can understand the goal of not bloating the UI with unnecessary prompts, but avoiding data loss is a more important goal. If the browser can keep track of what it can restore and what it cannot (possibly with support from web apps), including storing the currently viewed content on disk where appropriate, it should be possible to allow seamless quit/resume with no data loss (and no prompt) for many common cases, and prompt only if the browser recognizes the risk of data loss if quitting. But I think that just making the behavior configurable would be easier :) -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings -- Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs
