Re:You're Gonna Need a Bigger Browser
by schiffern on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:07PM
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Sounds like serializing the entire tab state (DOM, JS, form inputs, etc) for instant resume, plus indexing text for instant search.
Imagine being able to resume a complex web-app, complete with input form text and the entire application state. A huge limitation of most current browser suspend/resume implementations is that they often cause data loss.
We've all had the experience of letting a tab get too "stale" and suddenly it drops you back to the main page or the (dreaded) empty form. This mistrust becomes a constant mental burden, often causing you to twist your workflow into a certain pattern so you don't get burned again.
Imagine being able to resume a complex web-app, complete with input form text and the entire application state. A huge limitation of most current browser suspend/resume implementations is that they often cause data loss.
We've all had the experience of letting a tab get too "stale" and suddenly it drops you back to the main page or the (dreaded) empty form. This mistrust becomes a constant mental burden, often causing you to twist your workflow into a certain pattern so you don't get burned again.