Re: Close last tab

On Aug 22, 4:58 pm, NightStalker <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In article <00e97a81-4e83-4cda-a094-082edf7a1a64
> @f10g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
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> > On Aug 5, 1:37 am, Herre de Jonge <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Until FF v3.5 when the last tab was closed a new empty tab
> > > would appear. Now it is not possible to close the last tab. To
> > > emulate this behaviour I have to open a new tab and close the
> > > non-empty one.
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> > > It would be really nice to have the old behaviour back. (If
> > > necessary, via an option.)
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> > > Cheers,
> > >    Herre
>
> > I agree.   It would be nice to have that behavior back.
> > Ronnie
>
> Why?  I've never been able to figure out WHY anyone would just want a
> blank page sitting there?  What's wrong with your home page?  Or any
> page, really?
>
> Any new URL is just going to load over the top of it, and having the
> home page sitting there isn't going to slow that down.
>
> And if you don't want to see the home page sitting there, just minimize
> Firefox.
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> I really can't see why anybody would want to have a blank page sitting
> there....
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>
> NightStalker

For one, privacy. Clearing out of the browser whatever you were doing,
reading email or whatever, before someone looks over your shoulder or
borrows the browser for a moment.