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Limit the number of safari tabs
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I've never used that option, mine has always been on New Tab. So I have no idea how that option actually works. I don't have issues with closing tabs like the OP.
If the system gave you an option and you selected 10 it would show you the last 10 tabs. Simple, not dumb?
Do you have an iPhone 6 Plus?
Just to be clear, do you want a limit on the maximum number of tabs opened, or a limit on the maximum number of tabs displayed in the tab bar (perhaps with an indicator of more or a scrollbar to access them)?
Never thought of that but either option would work. Personally I'd like to set the max no of open tabs.
Like I've said before this issue ONLY manifests itself on the 6 plus that uses tabs in landscape mode.
I could see the rationale for the latter (limit the number of tabs displayed, with a Firefox/Chrome-style indicator to access other tabs). Not so sure about the former. How would it handle requests to open new tabs in a predictable and user friendly way? (First open, first closed? Last open, first closed? Display new tabs at the start or end of the list? Refuse to open new tabs? Prompt you to choose?)
Any user with an iPad could see that...
Btw no, there isn't such an option. And you should close all unused tabs every time, since them are wasting the free memory of your device
100% wrong about the iPad quote. Users with iPads can not see the problem because when you hold the iPad in portrait mode the tabs don’t disappear like they do on the iPhone 6 Plus.
So you use your iPhone 6 Plus in portrait mode and you have NO tabs. Turn it into landscape mode and you suddenly have 50 tabs, of which you can read 3 of them and the rest are just semi-hidden.
Get me now?
Ok, understood what you are saying...
I still suggest to close every unused tab every time it opens
In landscape mode that’s not a problem. In portrait more it’s a pain.
An option would please you and it would please me.
Unfortunately Apple wouldn't be likely to add an option like that as they aren't big on many options especially ones that might end up creating some confusion to users potentially.
We understand that you only want a certain amount of tabs to remain open, and you'd like safari to auto close the oldest tab once it reaches a preset by the user. However this presents new problems like tabs closing when you didn't want it to because you clicked a link that must open in a new tab and it automatically closed the last tab you had open that you still needed. Who's to blame that the link opened a new tab when you didn't want it to and closed off the last tab that you needed?
It isn't hard to close tabs in portrait or landscape mode so do yourself a favor and open links in the same page and close them when you are done. It will take about the same amount of time to close a tab in portrait mode as it would to switch back to your email app. To implement a feature such as this that almost no one will use, or use and place blame when something needed is closed would be a waste of time and a headache to Apple.
Apple have to cater to everyone, not just one or a select few who wants special treatment.
Agreed!
I would suggest that if you have 10 tabs open you are only actively using 3-4 so if the oldest one was overwritten it's no big deal.
Don't like it then turn the OPTION off. Simple.
what a stupid reply. I said an OPTION so you can elect to do it or not.
I would suggest that if you have 10 tabs open you are only actively using 3-4 so if the oldest one was overwritten it's no big deal.
Don't like it then turn the OPTION off. Simple.
Perhaps you did not read and understand where I said to implement this feature that most people will not use would be a waste of time. Or do I need to be specific and say this feature as an option you can turn on and off, as well as customize?
You are beginning make less sense with every reply. How can you suggest if 10 tabs is the limit it wouldn't be a big deal if safari auto close the 10th tab if another tab is open because you're actively using only 3 or 4?
Everyone's workflow is different and if you only use 3 or 4 tabs stop the nonsense and manually close the tabs as soon as you no longer need them!
I closed all my tabs about 2 hours ago. Just looked now and I must have 40 open again. Pointless.
I forget what the max no of tabs you can have open now is. Think it's about 50. Then the system does exactly what I am suggesting it should do. The only difference is I wish I was able to tell safari when to do it.
I forget what the max no of tabs you can have open now is. Think it's about 50. Then the system does exactly what I am suggesting it should do. The only difference is I wish I was able to tell safari when to do it.
All this does is change the behaviour when you click on a link. In the first case clicking on a link will open and switch to that tab right away, in the second case the link will just be opened in a tab in the background.
They do not. The persistence of tabs in memory is volatile and the app removes them once the system needs more memory, similarly to how applications are removed from memory. That’s why tabs need to be reloaded sometimes. The tab view is basically just a list of URLs with snapshots.
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I can understand that the UI is not very effective when you have lots of tabs and I agree that this is something they could improve. But a hard limit like the OP is proposing is not something I think makes much sense for Apple to implement. I don’t even see the point, you open links because you want to view something. If you don’t, you can close the tab right away or use the reading list or create a bookmark. That’s what these are for. You just need to get in the habit of using alternative workflows. I only open links when I actually want to see the website now. Otherwise I tap and hold to add it to my reading list or a third-party app.
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