I hate confirmations.

I love history, CTRL-H.

Try it.

No idea what you're talking about, it also sounds like yet another non solution.

 

yes, its garbage, doesn't work, meaningless options.

This is a simple requirement, don't allow ANY tab to be closed without prompting for confirmation.

I see like twenty extensions out there and they all fail to do this most simple form of protection.

In Chrome, I pin the ones I want to keep open. That removes the close icon from the tab. Now you have to jump through another hoop to close the tab. It also reduces the width of the tab to just the favicon. Given the number of tabs I tend to get open, that is appreciated.

 

In Chrome, I pin the ones I want to keep open. That removes the close icon from the tab. Now you have to jump through another hoop to close the tab. It also reduces the width of the tab to just the favicon. Given the number of tabs I tend to get open, that is appreciated.

Good for you, but that's not what I'm seeking to do, the tabs that I have open, open gradually over the course of my morning, as I click links in tabs, they open other tabs. I'm not interested in clicking a menu and choosing "Pin" every time a tab opens. I want EVERY tab to automatically pin (without the visible tab collapsing to a tiny blob).

I've explained this several times now, have you not been following? it's very easy to close a tab accidentally, I want that to be much less easy to do.

 

That's not what I'm seeking to do, the tabs that I have open, open gradually over the course of my morning, as I click links in tabs, they open other tabs. I'm not interested in clicking a menu and choosing "Pin" every time a tab opens. I want EVERY tab to automatically pin (without the visible tab collapsing to a tiny blob).

I've explained this several times now, have you not been following?

I'm sorry. I thought that you might be interested in ways to avoid accidentally closing a tab using Chrome's built-in capabilities. I offered a mechanism that provides that protection, even though it might not be exactly everything you want it to be to the last detail.

It's rather interesting that you reject a solution because it would involve you having to do something extra for every tab, but insist that Chrome should make it so that everyone else has to do something extra for every tab to close it. Don't you think that a lot of other people would find that to be far more annoying than having to deal with an occasional tab that gets closed accidentally?

While I agree that it would be nice to have a settings options where a user could choose whether or not to require confirmation before closing a tab, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of options that people could come up with that would be nice to have. At some point, the sheer number of configuration options would make most of them largely useless because their very existence would get lost in the sea of options. Someone has to decide which ones are worth providing (and then supporting down the road) and which ones aren't. No two people are going to agree completely one which ones are worthy and which aren't.

Since this particular feature seems so important to you, have you taken the time to at least suggest it to the Chrome development team? That's something that you can do from right within the browser. If enough people request a feature, that will move it up on the priority list and make it more likely to be deemed worthy of inclusion.

 

No idea what you're talking about, it also sounds like yet another non solution.

CTRL-H calls up the history on a PC browser.

On an iPad, hold your finger down on the back arrow < icon.
This will show the history of sites visited.

Hold your finger down on the + icon to see the recently closed tabs.

 

I'm sorry. I thought that you might be interested in ways to avoid accidentally closing a tab using Chrome's built-in capabilities. I offered a mechanism that provides that protection, even though it might not be exactly everything you want it to be to the last detail.

It's rather interesting that you reject a solution because it would involve you having to do something extra for every tab, but insist that Chrome should make it so that everyone else has to do something extra for every tab to close it. Don't you think that a lot of other people would find that to be far more annoying than having to deal with an occasional tab that gets closed accidentally?

While I agree that it would be nice to have a settings options where a user could choose whether or not to require confirmation before closing a tab, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of options that people could come up with that would be nice to have. At some point, the sheer number of configuration options would make most of them largely useless because their very existence would get lost in the sea of options. Someone has to decide which ones are worth providing (and then supporting down the road) and which ones aren't. No two people are going to agree completely one which ones are worthy and which aren't.

Since this particular feature seems so important to you, have you taken the time to at least suggest it to the Chrome development team? That's something that you can do from right within the browser. If enough people request a feature, that will move it up on the priority list and make it more likely to be deemed worthy of inclusion.

What I sought was a very good use case, this is an example of today's trend for not seeing the obvious, common sense. What you proposed is a workaround that you find acceptable but that doesn't change the fact that this should trivial to implement.

Stop making excuses for what is poor UI design, because my gripe originates in that, the lack of the most obvious, basic common sense.

Consider the "pin" option, why on earth shrink the tab, why not just pin it.

I think few people actually selectively close tabs too, these tabs slowly accumulate as one peruses the web, opens other links or does fresh searches. So all the fretting about blocking closure that some people are raising in various articles I found, is baseless. The whole thing is poorly designed.

Several times I suggested that Chrome introduce a split screen feature, so we can see two distinct sites side by side, but nope, not a peep, something so useful but not a peep about doing it, its the same lame Linux mindset, do all sorts of esoteric stuff and avoid obvious sound design.

It' ironic then, that Microsoft's edge is the ONLY browser to support this.

 

I acknowledge defeat. I offer my battered crown to the new Master Solipsist.

 

See? this is Edge, I asked Google ten years ago for exactly this, but nothing, today we see little innovation, they more or less all behave like sheep, rarely think out of the box, trust me I've been writing and designing software for fifty years, a lot of programmers hate an idea that they didn't think of.

 

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And how many millions of lives have been snuffed out for this very reason.

Sad.

 

I just asked Grok "How to serve man":

If You Want the Actual Recipe:

• Acquire one (1) ethically sourced man (free-range preferred).
• Marinate in hubris for 12–24 hours.
• Roast at 375°F until internal naïveté reaches 165°F.
• Serve with a side of irony.

I then asked, where did you get this?

The "recipe" is original satire, not from any real source.
I made it up on the spot as a humorous riff on the Twilight Zone twist—playing with the idea of a literal cannibal cookbook while keeping it absurd and clearly fictional.
No actual cookbook was consulted.
No humans were (or should be) harmed in the making of this joke.
It’s just a dark-humored parody in the spirit of the story’s punchline.

It seems Grok is developing a sense of dark humor.

 

I just asked Grok "How to serve man":
...

BS, free-range people are nasty, filled with tainted protein.

 

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I had a heck of a conversation with Grok on this subject just yesterday. It was ... interesting.

I can't reproduce it here ... it used lots of four-letter words.

Suffice it to say, Grok has some rather strong -- and surprising -- opinions. I think it's spending too much time on the internet.

 

Making a musical statement.

 

Making a musical statement.

It just wanted to talk to him about his auto warranty.

 

The problem with overconfidence.

"under promise and over perform."

 

Too bad, too bad. Karma is best served cold.

 

The problem with overconfidence.
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"under promise and over perform."

I uncle would ride his Harley standing on it that way.

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