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rellui · 2018-08-23 15:15:46+00:00

Maybe it's a good trade off for this to become default behavior in browsers (in the background unseen by users).

justinlardinois | karma 1209 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2016-05-26 17:17:35+00:00

Unless Chrome starts including this sort of functionality by default (sort of how like it now complains about HTTP) I don't think the majority of people will notice or care.

alexbecker | karma 1072 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2016-09-30 01:30:54+00:00

Browsers do this by default, unfortunately.

eeZah7Ux | karma 2038 | avg karma 0.8 · | 2020-01-09 15:20:09

There should be a way to prevent it by default in browsers.

tinus_hn | karma 7585 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2019-12-10 23:56:16+00:00

Luckily if a big browser makes this the default, these things will probably be fixed.

faichai | karma 415 | avg karma 3.77 · | 2021-08-10 11:54:50

It’s insane that this hasn’t been the default all along across all browsers.

Just shows how Google et al, strive to safeguard and profit from the status quo, at the expense of every internet user.

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ErikD | karma 82 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2012-11-10 19:42:25+00:00

I think anothermachine meant it should be default behavior in browsers. I agree, with the attribute to disable or enable this from the html it would be a nice feature for browsers to implement.

madeofpalk | karma 21444 | avg karma 3.75 · | 2021-01-27 00:15:26

Other browsers have been doing this for years. It’s fine.

nfoz | karma 2650 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2014-05-19 07:01:59+00:00

I've been wondering for many years why this isn't the standard behaviour of web browsers.

mehrdadn | karma 286 | avg karma 0.06 · | 2019-05-29 04:15:43

That's about as far from compelling a reason as you can imagine for the browser to allow this by default?

eckyptang | karma 949 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2012-09-05 15:26:09+00:00

Not really. It's more that browser vendors are worried that it'll shoot their market share so they won't turn this on by default. If users get used to it, that is likely to be less of an issue.

mirkules | karma 2677 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2011-06-21 15:41:49+00:00

I think there are just more users these days that are more vocal about wanting stuff done in the background. I'm in your camp, though -- I don't want stuff happening behind the curtain. At best, I would like an option to turn that off. I imagine a lot of web devs would be upset if their browser suddenly updated to the latest version without keeping the old one somewhere...

leephillips | karma 21974 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2022-04-25 13:46:47

But all browsers can already do this. Most people don’t enable that setting, however. Could either be because they prefer to see the site as it’s intended to look, or because they’re unaware of the setting.

cinntaile | karma 4441 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2021-07-07 11:21:54

They're going to have to implement this sooner or later if they want to remain relevant. More and more happens in the browser, regardless of whether they like it or not.

loeg | karma 21759 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2024-04-30 02:04:47

Sure. Just pointing out that there's a good reason browsers do this.

pixl97 | karma 15630 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2014-04-12 00:37:46

Time for every browser to change that behavior.

ChrisLTD | karma 2670 | avg karma 3.66 · | 2011-11-28 18:15:17

I suspect you're right about the number of users troubled by this behavior. However, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be fixed. If browsers are going to have this feature it might as well work properly.

iamvfl | karma 92 | avg karma 11.5 · | 2017-09-15 15:22:44

If both are equally popular, it would make sense that this be an easily configurable option in the browser's settings. Favouring one option over the other will inevitably alienate about half the consumers of this awesome feature, which seems like a bit of a waste to me.

ezy | karma 844 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2011-03-22 11:41:51

Uh, you do know you can turn that off in chrome? I realize it's the default, but those of us who can switch browsers at the drop of a hat can handle it... I think. :-)

osrec | karma 5622 | avg karma 3.49 · | 2018-04-03 18:44:21+00:00

You're not wrong, but I see this becoming a smaller issue as time progresses. Browsers are adding features all the time and I can see this one being resolved soon as lots of devs are asking for it!