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Argh! Any way to get safari to stop refreshing pages for no reason?

Safari seems to like to refresh some pages after you leave them and come back. This can be really annoying if you're doing soothing like using google reader or reedit where doing a refresh will make the item you were on get archived and you lose your place. It's also really bad for when you're filling out HTML forms.

I kinda wonder if it is by design - safari dumps the page from memory if needed and then just refreshes when needed - but it is such a bad experience. It needs to be smarter about what pages it dumps and not dump the one I am constantly trying to switch back to.

Better yet, don't make the pages refresh at all.

iPad, iPhone OS 3.1.3, Awesome

Posted on Apr 5, 2010 11:57 PM

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jra3

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10 points

May 22, 2010 10:11 AM in response to sam1am

I thought that I read that the new OS will solve this problem through the multitasking functionality.

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448 points

Jun 7, 2010 4:25 AM in response to SteveBrazao

SteveBrazao wrote:
Spend 99 cents for the Atomic web browser for the iPad. It's a better browser in my opinion and you'll get tabbed browsing as a bonus.

Not at all a solution. Atomic Web is even worse than Safari when it comes to reloading pages. Each page seems to load twice, stopping in midstream, slightly changing the page layout, then finally loading again.

The tabs are nice but considering the issues it has with loading pages, any speed increase is more than lost. I've been using Atomic Web for about a month on my iPad. Atomic Web also has more issues with sites, dialog boxes and touch screen commands. I find myself going back to Safari more and more.

Jun 8, 2010 12:45 PM in response to sam1am

I have to agree with this. It is totally annoying.

Last night I was watching the streamed interview with STEVE at D8 and every few minutes safari would refresh. Really ***** having to re-find your place after the refresh.

Jul 19, 2010 9:13 PM in response to sam1am

Apple, PLEEAASSSE fix this -- I cannot stand it! Monumental waste of time and degraded browsing experience.

Jul 19, 2010 9:50 PM in response to MichaelPrice

Good lord, switch browsers! There's quite a few of them out there. Contrary to what one person said-I've not found the same problem with Atomic browser. I have with iCab but it still remains my favorite for other reasons.

gaz919

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25 points

Jul 19, 2010 10:09 PM in response to TwistedPenguin

I'm using icab now to it's a more featured browser it set pages to offline if you leave the app.

But to tell you the truth guys I never had a problem with safari refreshing pages. Mine would hold all nine pages in memory and let me switch between them without refreshing. The only time it would refresh is if I left the app used another app then came back. Then it would refresh all the pages except the one I was on.

Good luck iPad keeps pages in virtual memory, refreshing is a feature not a necessity. Icab and atomic browsers don't refresh if you hate it so much. Once you set up icab you will prefer it.

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Sep 13, 2010 7:10 AM in response to sam1am

Same problem. With this bug, "open in new windows" and window switch are unusefull.

symese

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13 points

May 22, 2011 2:35 PM in response to sam1am

the annoying thing is, that my iPad never did this, until about a month ago and I go between several web pages opening into new page and the refresh drives me crazy. So if this is normal, why did it only start with my iPad a month ago

symese

Level 1

13 points

May 22, 2011 2:39 PM in response to EmbeddedGeek

with my iPad, it happens on every web page and when. I first got it, it didn't do this. so I don't know whyin the last month it's started refreshing

symese

Level 1

13 points

May 22, 2011 2:40 PM in response to jra3

I updated iPad software on Friday and it didn't solve the refresh problem.

symese

Level 1

13 points

Jun 5, 2011 10:46 AM in response to sam1am

When I first got mine in February it did not refresh automatically,but the last couple of months,it does it all the time. if I close safari by double clicking home button and then clear cache and cookies, shut it down and re start, it stops doing it for a couple of hours. it's just annoying and since it didn't do it at first, it must be something to do with software update

Argh! Any way to get safari to stop refreshing pages for no reason?