Domain-specific browser tab creation and management

摘要

Methods and systems directed to a web browser application that efficiently manages tab creation and switching. The application creates a new browser tab for each top-level domain visited, and stores the data structure for the tab, including forward and backward history, in a table. The application also creates a new browser tab in response to a separate application invoking a web browser, or in response to an explicit command by a user to create a browser tab. Thus, a user may efficiently switch between multiple browser tabs without having to expend time and energy in managing, opening, or closing browser tabs.

主权项

1. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:
receiving a command from a user to navigate to a first URL; searching a table of entries for a matching entry, the matching entry comprising a different URL having a domain matching a domain of the first URL, wherein the different URL is open in an open browser tab for the user; in response to finding the matching entry, displaying a web page for the first URL in the browser tab and updating the matching entry; in response to not finding the matching entry, creating a new browser tab associated with the domain of the first URL, and displaying a web page for the first URL in the new browser tab.