[Evergreen-general] Changes in Chrome's handling of old tabs

[Terran McCanna]

Wow, thank you Galen. That might explain some weird and seemingly
inconsistent things we've had some staff report.


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On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 3:57 PM Galen Charlton via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wanted to bring folks' attention to a change to the Chrome browser that
> may affect staff workflows.
>
> Specifically, the new "Memory Saver" will cause Chrome to deactivate
> unused tabs that have been sitting a while (where, as far as I can tell, a
> "while" could mean anywhere from five minutes to an hour). If you go back
> to one of the deactivated tabs, Chrome will reload the page from scratch.
>
> If that tab has the Evergreen staff client, while you'll still be logged
> in when you open a deactivated tab, other state such as your place in a
> grid will not carry over.
>
> I can imagine that this could cause challenges for anybody who is used to
> a workflow that involves opening several copies of the staff client in
> multiple tabs. For example, if you're working from a large Record Bucket,
> paging through it and doing something with each record, a lunch break might
> make you lose your place in the bucket.
>
> Chrome does offer an option to specify a list of sites that should not
> have their tabs deactivated.
>
> Additional details and commentary can be found here:
>
> [1]
> https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/12929150#zippy=%2Cturn-memory-saver-on-or-off%2Ckeep-specific-sites-active
> [2]
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/chrome-110-will-automatically-discard-background-tabs-heres-how-to-stop-it/
> [3] https://developer.chrome.com/blog/memory-and-energy-saver-mode/
>
> Beyond that, I'd like to ask a question - how are you managing tabs when
> using the staff client? Does anybody finish the day with dozens of
> Evergreen tabs open?
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
> --
> Galen Charlton
> Implementation and IT Manager
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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