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 of tabs. 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 of tabs to 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 no tabs open 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 the tabs, 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 any tabs open, 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
