> I think that desktop browser users expect that their tabs generally won't get reloaded
But they do get reloaded. There's absolutely no guarantee provided, and browser tabs will get swapped out of memory as necessary (eg opening lots of new tabs or apps).
This is easily solvable though: let me pin tabs that I really need to persist.
Sure they do, but much less aggressively than mobile browsers. I think that desktop Safari will try to keep your tab live so long as nothing fishy happens. Based on my experiences using Chrome, it seems to do the same thing.
But they do get reloaded. There's absolutely no guarantee provided, and browser tabs will get swapped out of memory as necessary (eg opening lots of new tabs or apps).
This is easily solvable though: let me pin tabs that I really need to persist.