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eviks • today at 12:38 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> they will open and load on the screen on which I left them.

You can't be serious. Browsers can't even remember the most trivial of things - a tiny html page, retaining reading position, forcing a reload. Of course many apps are no better (though some do try, just like on the desktop) And it's especially worse with user input that just gets lost

> And no, I do not w to to back to closing apps, that is simply an inferior experience.

Ctrl+Q to close and a shortcut to open or is a faster and more convenient than swiping around. As is typing an app's name on a real keyboard. Tapping "desktop" icon is arguably better, though, that a mouse click


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serbuvlad • today at 1:01 PM

Of course some apps implement this better or worse, but for an app that doesn't implement this, booting me to the home page (which is just one tap away from where I was) is still miles better than hogging ram.

I don't want to close apps, I don't want to manage my computer's resources.

It should just work and it should just work well.

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