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0 pointsmixmastamyk7y ago0 comments

What about tabs? SPA can make tabs troublesome. If I can't open a site in tabs it is broken to me.

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I'm not sure when/why tabs should be an issue... it depends. To me it's a difference between localStorage and sessionStorage for the most part.

mixmastamykOP7y ago

If links don't fully address an item then opening it in a tab won't work.

tracker17y ago

That isn't a limitation of SPA or browser based apps though. For that matter, even having an option to open an app multiple times is often a limitation of desktop apps. That doesn't make them somehow deficient as a platform.

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sangnoir7y ago

Browser-side routing/state management is a solved problem - SPAs can make tabs troublesome if the developer didn't put in the effort.

slavak7y ago

For God's sake, STOP trying to re-implement my browser's interface with Javascript! I don't want you to "put in the effort" to make my URL bar, back/forward buttons, and tabs work the way they naturally do in my browser; that's what my browser is FOR! Even when the developer does put in the effort, the results are usually _just_ different enough in various subtle ways from the browser's native behviour as to be annoying.

Just build a normal website and let my browser do what it was built to do. The APIs that allow SPAs are great and useful. The Pixlr online photo editor has a good reason to be a SPA, and that works great for it. Your forum/email interface/management API would work better as a normal website.

sangnoir7y ago

> Your forum/email interface/management API would work better as a normal website.

Good for you with your fast, always-on internet, I guess. Some consumers have to deal with expensive and unreliable 3G internet (that downgrades to 2G occasionally) - an offline-capable email (or management) SPA is indispensable for them. Sure, you could write 4 native offline apps for MacOS, Windows, iOS and Android but that is a bigger investment than targeting browser standards.

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JetSpiegel7y ago

Using web API means tabs work even if the developer doesn't put in the effort.

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