On 29 Oct 2008, at 08:02, Thomas wrote: > Similar to the "always on top" option in the context menu of window > title bars, I think that an option like 'lock window open' would be > really handy. When turned on it could make the X button inactive. > > Maybe I'm just slow... but I often have a browser open which is > logged in to my uni email, for example... and I'll close it out of > habit and get annoyed when I need to check something again. > > Or terminals.. if I've just done a test-run of a program I'm working > on, and mindlessly close the terminal afterwards, it's annoying to > have to re-open the terminal and re-navigate to where my source file > is. > > What do you guys think?
IMHO, the same purpose would be served in a more natural way (i.e. no extra controls/interaction required) if applications were better about remembering their previous state. We take this for granted on mobile devices these days, but the desktop hasn't really caught up. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum.benson at sun.com GNOME Desktop Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
