#1175 NORM Untriag: Shared links could store (local) state like tabs

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#1175: Shared links could store (local) state like tabs
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  Reporter:  joaoboscoapf  |       Owner:  erikos   
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Untriaged
 Component:  web browser   |     Version:           
Resolution:                |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0             |  
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Comment(by Eben):

 Well, the most obvious argument is that browser sessions really emphasize
 the idea of grouping urls around topics eg. "My planet report."  It's
 great to have these links all bundled together, but it can be quite
 frustrating that every time you switch between two session bookmarks you
 a) have to wait for the page to reload and b) lose your scroll position on
 that page.  This breaks the fluidity of the session, which really works
 best assuming you can freely peruse content across the various pages
 within it.

 Apart from that, there are of course arguments for encrypted sites which
 require persistent connections, for the saving of form data, etc.
 Sessions just aren't what they could be without these things.

 After conversations around this idea on IRC the other day, it seems that
 the tab model might not be possible with the amount of RAM we have.  More
 importantly, we seemed to determine that pseudo-tab implementations might
 not cut it; if we want to have tabs, we need to implement real tabs. (We
 could, for instance, store the scroll position and return to it, but this
 never works that well because it can't actually return to the proper place
 until the whole page is loaded anyway...)

 I'm not sure how to call this one.  The functionality is "crippled"
 without it, but it seems the only reason for crippling it is RAM, and
 that's not something that can be worked around.

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