Jonathan Blackhall <johnny.one....@gmail.com> writes: > It's very confusing for me when I click the big 'X' in my window controls, > only to find that the application I was attempting to close has since been > minimized to my system try (or notification area or its respective indicator > applet or wherever it goes instead of quitting). Examples of programs with > this behavior include Rhythmbox and Empathy in the default install. To me, > the 'X' signifies closing and quitting the application.
As far as I know it has always been "Close this window". > I can only assume that developers' theories behind this (which is definitely > not a problem unique to Ubuntu) stem from them telling themselves that no > one would actually want to Quit their application. "What they *really* mean > to do is close the window, but keep the application running silently. So > I'll just save them the trouble of accidentally quitting by changing the > function of that 'X' button." I just dislike the fact that it sends mixed > signals. After all, if I click 'X' in Firefox or in gEdit or in a whole > host of other applications, I'm quitting and completely closing it. In Firefox and gEdit clicking the "X" means "Close this windows", not "Quit this app" - just try it with multiple windows open. > Why must this be different in Rhythmbox? Think about Rhythmbox as some kind of service running in the background. The window is just a user interface for that service that you can close if you don't need it, without stopping the service. Florian -- Simple dict-like Python API for GConf: <http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/easygconf/> -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
