I'm using a Motorola Milestone, running Android 2.1 (stock & unrooted).
Does your browser stay active if you open up the maximum amount of tabs, launch a different application and then come back? Do all the tabs stay open, and not refresh (or close altogether) when you reopen the browser? On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Anton Persson <don.juan...@gmail.com> wrote: > What phone are you using? I do that stuff on my HTC Magic everyday, no > issues. (Android 1.5 FTW? ;-) > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:00 PM, bemymonkey <simonbroen...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello everyone! >> >> First of all, I hope this is at least somewhat on-topic for this >> discussion group, as it seems to be the only way to reach Android >> developers easily. >> >> The problem I would like to discuss is the way Android handles running >> multiple applications at the same time. Take the following scenario, >> for instance: >> >> 1. Open the browser >> 2. Open a few links that you want to read later in new windows/tabs >> 3. Open another app (Say you received an SMS, for instance) >> 4. Reopen the browser, expecting to continue where you left off >> 5. Browser has closed all open windows WITHOUT saving the state or >> notifying the user >> >> This happens even if you're only jumping between completely Android- >> Native apps that came with the OS. There are various other similar >> scenarios, but this is easily the most annoying, since it results in >> complete loss of stuff I was actually planning on reading later. >> >> >> Why would anyone consider this to be actual multitasking? If there's >> no guarantee that the app you just left will still have the same state >> when you come back to it from your other tasks, it's NOT MULTITASKING. >> >> How is it that this is still an issue? We've arrived at Android 2.2, >> and we still can't minimize a program without running the risk of >> losing everything we just did? >> >> Are there at least plans to integrate proper multitasking in the >> future? Or a way to allow users to specifically select tasks that are >> not to be killed under any circumstances? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Simon Broenner Kasinostr. 94, 52066 Aachen, Germany +4917661249070 (Mobile) +492415903431 (Home) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
