Surely *something* can be done to put the decision into the hands of the user rather than force him or her to wait while browser windows re-load seemingly unnecessarily. Put another way: I have no real complaints about the iPhone except this one annoying thing that is presented by any browser employed by the user. Thus ease-of-use in fact becomes not-easy-to-use. However when it gets to sacrificing the user experience in the process and making the user feel frustrated (and they don't really understand why), the maker of the product is in essence undermining their own goal: ease-of-use is cancelled out by apparent limitations or faults that appear to be entirely avoidable that inhibit the function of the product. I understand that Apple wants the iPhone to be a "just pick it up and use it" kind of device and for the most part, it is. Adding an option to the Settings that indicates that the user would like to be asked when this condition arises if they want to clear the in-memory browser cache to release memory so another app can be run, or cancel further attempts to open more apps until the browser is closed, would be nice. If it's possible, could you refer the inquiry to the development team that is most likely to have coded the 'Copy | Define' pop-up feature? I am thinking that if that pop-up acts as a modal dialog that can be killed at iOS's discretion if memory constraints get too painful, then there is already logic in place to detect that condition. I gather, maybe incorrectly, from your user ID that you work for Apple. possibly the number of open browsers you have going are a factor? Maybe if the memory get strained badly enough, the iOS will kill the 'Define' screen even if the feature is coded in such a way as to make it partial to maintaining it for the sake of the user experience. If you have a different browser on your iPhone (such as Mercury, Dolphin, etc.), did you try it on of those, too? After opening a lot of apps in my 4S and switching around, I was able to get the non-refresh consistently in Safari and Mercury. Hope this helps you all it sure has made me feel better about using the iPhone to web-surf in less that a day's time. There is also a great feeling of helplessness around it too since it affects every browser (that I am aware of) out there, not just Safari. I agree however that Apple really ought to fix this issue, as it makes many people very unhappy. So you see, you must remember to do this any time you need to suppress this behavior, but after it becomes habit, all that annoying lost productivity, dropped sessions, lost text typed into input boxes, etc., will be avoidable. Blessedly, the open browser window(s) will *not* reload. The definition screen covering the browser window will still be there. Then, touch the browser icon for the browser you were in and you'll switch back into it. You will be switched back to the springboard with all your app icons and from there can do anything else you want. Now press the Home button (i.e., the one on the bottom portion of the front face panel of the iPhone with the square in it). Now, do *not* touch anything else not "Done", "Search the Web", or anything else. Touch "Define" and the screen that shows the word's definition or says it couldn't find a definition pops up. The word or letter will be selected and the familiar little pop-up that says "Copy | Define" appears. In Safari or another browser app, touch and hold on a piece of text (a single word or letter is fine), then lift your finger off the screen.
That said, the URL is:įor those blocked from personal blogs at work, etc., I will for convenience's sake simply state the action to take: In addition, I am attempting to sell nothing on my blog and have no financial interest in Apple (well, except owning some mutual fund shares that undoubtedly have Apple stock in them), nor am I am an employee thereof.
I added it to my blog, which is a non-commerical personal blog (but nothing too personal, otherwise, I wouldn't link to it. Still, it does suppress this very annoying behavior. So you'll have to make it habitual, and thus this trick qualifies only as a trick, at best a work-around, but not a true fix. Drawback is that the relatively minor effort needed to prevent it has to be done before you switch out each and every time. Today I stumbled on a way to force Safari as well as other browsers *not* to automatically refresh the pages after switching out of the browser app into another app.
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