On an iPad 1, this was definitely true. Not so on later versions.metafor said:I have never been able to get the page to stay on a b3d forum post. Nor on fark pages. I've noticed Chrome tends to reload the page a lot as well as opposed to the stock Browser.
It obviously depends on which and how many apps (and tabs) you're using, but at least for my usage tab reloading is actually a rare ocurrence on an iPhone 4.I've not noticed this on the multiple iPhones I've used. In fact, I can't remember a single time I've gone back into Safari and had the page already loaded. Perhaps it's different on iPad with 1GB of RAM.
The OS does not know which data the application needs to keep to be able to restore its current state. To do it transparently you'd have to write all allocated memory to disk, as well as store information to recreate resources. Somehow I doubt many users would appreciate several gigabytes of frozen apps taking up disk space.Again, that's not something that should be required of the app.
Which is definitely a flaw that should be fixed. Browsers with crash recovery/session restore show that it can be done even when reloading is required.... unless you typed a lot of text into fields you hadn't yet submitted.
Out of curiousity, how much memory does your iphone have?It obviously depends on which and how many apps (and tabs) you're using, but at least for my usage tab reloading is actually a rare ocurrence on an iPhone 4.
iPhone 4 has 512 MiB.Out of curiousity, how much memory does your iphone have?
I was being thick .. I was imagining that maybe some of the flash would be used as "swap space" for idle apps, but would be too power hungry for a mobile device. (As well as being of little benefit)iPhone 4 has 512 MiB.
No android is much much worse....
Agreed. No hacking dev community for Android is much much worse again! That'll be one downside of going to WP8, I assume that there'll be a lot less (non-existant?) third-party development. My phone is SO much better with ICS (via CM9), Voodoo Sound, Voodoo Color etc etc. Then again, this stuff wouldn't be required if it came working with all the hardware functionality exposed out of the box, and was upgraded quickly by Samsung!
The solution is simple. Buy unlocked Nexus devices and save yourselves from the toxic waste loaded by carriers and OEMs.
The difference with WP is that for Android it's the OEM and the telco companies that are a pain. Of course for the end-user, no matter who is at fault, the result is the same.No android is much much worse....