Quit Confirmation

[James A]

Sort of related to this topic, I use OmniWeb on my Powerbook and frequently
switch work sites (as in, places where I work, not urls :) ). Anyway, when I
use Location under the Apple Menu to change my network preferences, I find
that OmniWeb will be unable to find sites (URLs) unless it's quit and
re-opened.

Like Maurice, I use a lot of different web sites at once, and having to quit
and restart can be a real hassle.

I have not tested it on different connections of the same type (eg going
from one ethernet connection with one router to a different ethernet
connection with a different router and possibly a different ISP) but only
with differing types of connections (ie going from modem to ethernet to
airport). I have no idea of what OmniWeb is caching (I'm guessing it's
caching at startup something to cause this... maybe the DNS?) but I'd love
to see it fixed.

Thanks

-- james


> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:37:35 -0700
> To: OmniWeb List <OmniWeb-l at omnigroup.com>
> From: Maurice Weitman <owlist at mo.com>
> Subject: Re: Quit Confirmation
> 
> I think Brent's suggestion of bookmarking of a set of windows would
> be great.  I can think of many uses for that.  I'm often doing
> research with several (well, maybe more than several) windows open,
> but have to abandon it for a spell.
> 
> And to satisfy the "quit confirmation" complaint, OW could save it by
> default, but store it as a bookmark that could be optionally opened
> by the user.  Maybe you could store it in History if you didn't want
> to add bookmarks to a user's files, although I would welcome that.
> 
> Personally, I find Opera's restoring, upon opening, its state at last
> quit annoying at times.
> 
> And speaking of bookmarks (uh-oh), you know how some sites will only
> work when OW is spoofing another browser (whose names shall go
> unmentioned, but whose initials are IE)?  How about storing this
> "compatibility" setting in the bookmark or somehow associating it
> with the URL?
> 
> Regards,
> Maurice
> 
> 
> At 9:54 AM -0500 on 4/26/02, Brent Neal actually wrote:
>> Grouping by date in persistent history would be really nice.  The
>> restoration of the window's target, size and position would be
>> pretty cool, but not something I'd use a lot.  What I *would* use is
>> the ability to "bookmark" a set of open windows with sizes and
>> positions intact.  (Think online documentation).