safari always starts with bookmarks

[nish79]

whenever I hit the safari icon on my iphone4, instead of launching the broswer the bookmarks page pops up.
Why is that? has anyone seen this

 

[Gin Gin]

My 3GS has always done this if I don't leave a web site open when I close safari. I hate that it does that, I almost never use bookmarks.

 

[dZp]

Why is that?

It's a "feature".
An annoying as hell feature, as many others have said.

 

[ideal.dreams]

If you close the tab you're viewing, even if it's the last one, and then close Safari, the next time you open it, it will automatically open. I guess Apple believes it's more convenient, and that people bookmark the pages they visit most. Unfortunately, that's not the case, and it makes this feature really annoying.

 

[Wicker]

I find this 'feature' annoying too.

What I have done is bookmarked about:blank and everytime I'm done using Safari I hit bookmarks and select that blank page. That way whenever I open Safari again I've got a nice white page waiting for me rather than the bookmarks (or some other page I was viewing before).

Overcomplicated probably, but I've been doing it for so long that I barely notice it anymore...