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[Ferdinand Holzner <ferdinandholzner@xxxxxxxxx>]

*- React to low memory situations by unloading background tabs
to(hopefully) free up some memory.*

Does this mean, the phone has to load the whole stuff again, if i switch to
the background tab? Would be bad for mobile data...

2016-04-04 12:52 GMT+02:00 Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi all,
>
> With the release of OTA-10 just around the corner, I figured I’d take
> a few minutes to publish a list of the most significant changes in the
> browser app since OTA-9 (Łukasz feel free to re-use for the release
> notes):
>
> [Touch]
>  - Touch selection controller to allow selecting/copying/pasting of web
> content.
>
> [Convergence]
>  - The browser is now a single-instance app on desktop: invoking it in
> a terminal with a URL will raise the existing window and open a new
> tab instead of launching another instance of the app.
>  - When a mouse is connected, turn the bottom edge hint into a
> clickable bottom edge bar.
>  - Added keyboard navigation support to all views in phone layout.
>
> [Misc]
>  - Added video-specific actions to the contextual menu (save video,
> and open video in new tab).
>  - Removed the "Allow opening new tabs in background" setting.
>  - React to low memory situations by unloading background tabs to
> (hopefully) free up some memory. This removes the hardcoded upper
> limit of 2 live webviews at any given time on devices.
>
> And a heap of bug fixes.
> Anyone interested in details, have a look at the bzr history for
> lp:webbrowser-app, revisions 1328 to 1390.
>
> Happy web browsing!
>
>  Olivier
>
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