Hi! I wonder if there has been anything new regarding the discussion of the behavior on closing the last tab?
I addition to Bob Oliver's message below, I'd like to point out two things: 1) Chrome is independent from its tabs, so it makes sense that it wouldn't close when there aren't any tabs 2) If you navigate through many, many, many pages in the same tab, won't that just increase the tab's memory use, since a lot of the content of the previous pages is (I believe) kept in it? So........... what's the verdict? Best regards, Yara Mayer ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Quinton Reeves <[email protected]> Date: Sep 9 2008, 2:23 pm Subject: TABS To: Chromium-discuss Actually couldn't have said this better myself Bob, you're basically telling the story of my life :o) On Sep 9, 11:15 am, Bob Oliver Bigellow XLII <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the idea just has to do with two different mentalities or > habits. > For instance, let's say I have a browser open... and I go to Google > Reader to read the latest news updates. I open various articles to > read them further, and end up with a bunch oftabs. I usually open > these and don't read them right away, I just keep them open in the > background until I am finished scanning new posts. Then, I close > Google Reader. The end result is a browser full oftabsto articles. > So, I read these one at a time and close them one at a time until I > finish reading them all. When I get down to the last article, I close > it because I am finished reading it. However, next, I plan on > checking my Gmail. But since I closed the last tab, I now have to run > the browser again through the operating system (start menu or desktop > shortcut.) So I check my Gmail and there are no new messages, but > this time I remember not to close this tab... because next, I plan on > visiting Google News to see what's going on in the world. My options > are to unhide my bookmark bar and choose it there... but that isn't > 100% intuitive for me... the other option is to select the "more" link > at the top of Gmail and choose the news option... but again, that > isn't as intuitive to me, either. For me, the natural steps would > normally be "close the application you're finished with... open the > next application you plan to use." So, for me, it would make sense > to: > 1) Close the Gmail tab. > 2) Open a new tab and click the news bookmark. (I only use my > bookmarks from the New Tab page.) > But I can't do it in this order, because the browser would close after > step #1. So, instead, I am forced to "open the next application I > plan to use... close the application I am no longer using." This just > seems backward to me. > I spend most of my time in a web browser... almost everything I do > from balancing my budget, managing my finances, checking news, being > entertained, coding (I'm a web developer,) etc, etc, etc... can be > done within a browser. So, for me personally, I always have a web > browser open. When I want to go somewhere, I go somewhere. When I am > finished with where I'm at, I close it... even if there is somewhere > else I plan to go next. > So, for me, the browser is the operating system gui, so to speak... > and the tab is the application, so to speak. So, for the browser to > close down just because I have notabsopen would be like Windows > shutting down or logging me out every time I don't have an active > application running. Of course, Chrome does load quickly... but > locking Windows and unlocking Windows is also pretty quick... but I > don't want that to happen automatically either. > Although for the type of usage some might use web browser for... for > my case (as I would imagine there are others like me out there)... it > makes perfect sense for a browser to remain open even if the last tab > is closed. The browser stays there, waiting for you to decide on the > next website or web application you plan to visit next... without > having to fumble around for the web browser shortcut on the desktop. > On Sep 8, 8:49 am, [email protected] wrote: > > So, let's get this straight... > > When you've closed down all thetabs, therefore ending all the > > seperate elements of your browsing session, you don't actually want > > the session itself to end? > > What's the point in that? > > If you don't have anytabsopen, you don't have any need for the > > browser to be open... > > If you want to keep browsing then don't close the last tab - use it to > > keep browsing... > > On Sep 5, 5:15 pm, ssmiaka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I noticed that if you're down to one tab and you close it, instead of > > > just being reset, Chromium closes. I'd be nice to have an option > > > there, otherwise you have to create a new tab, and close the previous > > > one. It's time-consuming if you consider all the times it's done. > > > Regardless of this small detail, y'all have done an amazing job with > > > this browser!!! It's very Google-ish, meaning: absolutely high- > > > quality!! Even being BETA. > > > It's cleaner, faster, there's more space in it!! It saves about 20px > > > in width and at least 50px in height when compared to other browsers. > > > WELL DONE!!!!!! > > > Thanks, > > > Yara Mayer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
