This is a fair post and I fully agree. They should be optimizing the software regardless of how much RAM there is. It's good programming technique if nothing else.
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iPad iOS 8 does not fix Safari Reloading tabs
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This is a fair post and I fully agree. They should be optimizing the software regardless of how much RAM there is. It's good programming technique if nothing else.
Switch your browser.
I am running Dolphin now, and not only do I experience NONE of the tab reload issues, I can also play video/music on a background tab with other tabs open on the screen, as well as it having a built in Ad-Blocker.
It's definitely something with the design of Safari.
I am running Dolphin now, and not only do I experience NONE of the tab reload issues, I can also play video/music on a background tab with other tabs open on the screen, as well as it having a built in Ad-Blocker.
It's definitely something with the design of Safari.
You block ads and wonder why it can manage on less memory?
Also all apps use the same api's for web stuff (except safari, it the only app with enabled JIT javascript, but that is changing in iOS 8)
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Given I've managed to crash Dolphin twice with 8 tabs open (4 Newegg product pages, Amazon, Engadget, MacRumors and YouTube), I think I prefer Safari's method of just reloading tabs.
Don't let Greenpeace hear that you are crashing Dolphins
.I'm pretty sure that the tab reloading issue is due to a bunch of factors. Hopefully, going to an A8 with more RAM will help the problem. The one thing that Apple has no control over though is poorly coded websites.
This is not an issue. It's exactly what Apple has in mind. Accept it. Problems? Android is waiting for ya.
Such an epic post. Just awesome lol
I love how everyone is saying they should bump it to 2GB. Like we've been starving while being stranded on a desert island and someone offers us a cracker and its the best damn food ever (anyone get that reference?). We're so happy for just that cracker.
IMO, there is no good reason there shouldn't be at least 4GB in the next iPads. The current version should have 2 or at least 3. Ugh, even my old Note II phone has 2GB and its a year and a half old!! Apple just has to squeeze every last dollar of profit out.
Sorry to rant, its just that this particular thing is so annoying considering how much apple stuff is so premium feeling. I don't get why they skimp on something like this. Just feels like greed. I love my rMini and it would be perfect if the pages didn't reload all the damn time. As it is, its only close to perfect.
In what world do internet savvy individuals run browsers without adblock?
This is simply what I noticed via switching. I am not a developer or programmer. Dolphin has crashed a few times which may be the RAM issue. It automatically loads right back up..that tab business drove me crazy.
Since switching to Atomic Browser on my iPad Air ,I don't get the reload tabs issue anymore.
(Something I've said in previous posts.)
(Something I've said in previous posts.)
More possible proof that safari is the problem here but people just don't wanna talk much about that. If safari were optimized, this issue would mostly go away.
That may help to a point. However, the browser is competing with all other open apps for available ram.
Thank you for putting it succinctly down. RAM is and has always been the issue. Especially that it is being used for GRAPHICS and APPS. 1 GB should be VRAM only.
I have a macbook air with 8gb ram and I notice the reloading behaviour as well on Safari. My gut feel is Apple can improve the situation if they want to on the iOS devices. Though after a while I just got numbed to the annoying effect of Safari reloading on my iPad mini retina.
thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! about 2 days of usage, no reload so far on my air
And there's a new feature, if you scroll down the page the navigation bar shrinks like in the iPhone
Hopefully the next iPad has more ram!
I was hoping for a fix , I really like safari on the ipad/iphone
The last update to atomic was in 2012
The last update to atomic was in 2012
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I also think at least 4gb ram. 64bit consumes so much ram. And I think safari needs so much ram to run. At the same time, split screen and multi-task also need so much ram. I think apple is about time to give true multi-task to consumers.
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Such a powerful CPU without enough ram.
Such a waste.
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Such a powerful CPU without enough ram.
Such a waste.
So I went ahead. & got google chrome browser , one thing that I don't like already is to access your bookmarks takes 2 steps
Why don't they put the button upfront or is there a trick to access bookmarks faster ?
Why don't they put the button upfront or is there a trick to access bookmarks faster ?