iOS 13 Can Auto-Close Safari Tabs for You Based on When You Last Viewed Them

[Apple_Robert]

What a great feature.

 

[redheeler]

I definitely need this feature on the Mac.

 

[mw360]

Today I have 234 tabs 'open'. Makes no difference to anything.

 

[SoSickSadNslOw]

I guess I’m a weirdo. 95% of the time, I have one tab only. The other 5% I may have two. And when I lock my phone, Safari and any open apps get swiped away.

I’m exactly the same, maybe a little OCD but nothing remains open when I lock the phone.

 

[nutmac]

I think a lot of people (including myself) are using tabs as reminders for stuff.

Right. On a Mac, I have several browser windows, each acting as a "space".

One window will have tabs for all the known cases that I am working on.

One window maybe vacation planning.

One window for emails and similar.

And so on.

I am surprised that none of the major desktop browsers offer more robust tab management (reading list doesn't count). I would love an option for automatically organizing tabs -- move certain tab to related browser window and deduplicate (iOS 13 and macOS 10.15 have switch to tab option, which is nice but not the same thing).

 

[cbaca51]

I have 300+ tab currently lol.

 

[4jasontv]

Is there some fundamental reason why mobile devices can’t have a grid of 12 or 15 thumbnails that you scroll through? Safari as it stands already loads nearly full screen thumbnails, so it’s not a memory thing. Both iOS and Android have terrible management of tabs in their browsers.

 

[Pagemakers]

Safari needs an option for max tabs. Once the limit is reached the oldest is re-used.

 

[bmac89]

Safari needs an option for max tabs. Once the limit is reached the oldest is re-used.

Why?

Seems like a backwards step! Should iOS also write over your photos or documents when you reach a limit!