On 21-10-2010 11:47, flattermann wrote: > peter;584229 Wrote: >> L.S, >> My main annoyance with SqueezeCommander is that it's too hard to >> kill. >> >> I'll use it at home which often leaves it running, recognizable by the >> >> icon in the Android notification bar. >> >> So I'm at work and see it's still running. I want to kill it. I select >> >> the app and I get "Connecting to the Wifi network" (that's not going to >> >> work. Then I have to press 'back' to abort the connect, then 'menu', >> then 'Exit' and then the silly app starts to question me if I'm really >> >> sure, before I'm finally rid of it... >> > Why don't you just press "Clear" in the Notification area to remove the > SqueezeCommander icon? > > This icon is just a shortcut to start SqueezeCommander. > It does NOT mean that the App is still running in background. > > Using the "Exit" button (=hard killing the app) makes no sense, > really. > It is strongly discouraged because it will make your phone slower, > consume more CPU power and hence drain the battery faster. > > http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
Silly me. I'm a new Android user and I still have to get used to its way of doing things. I disabled the notification icon, there's an SC icon on my home screen already. Thanks for enlightening me! Peter. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
