On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Jonathan Blackhall <johnny.one....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > 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. > > Ok, I'll give you that it technically means 'close' the window. My > issue still stands, however. On most applications, closing a single > window is synonymous with quitting the application. My frustration > comes when this doesn't happen. Closing my last Firefox window > doesn't leave it running in the notification area as a service. I > understand in theory why keeping Rhythmbox open and running as a > service is useful. In practice, however, I should be able to fully > quit any application (at least when there's only a single open window) > by clicking a single button. None of this "File->Quit" business. > (Being able to quit an application with a single button even with > multiple windows open is an interesting idea.) Again, it's > frustrating when a button behaves one way for some applications and > not others. And it's frustrating not being able to quit an > application with a single button click. > > The current behavior can cause a number of problems. As other users > pointed out (and I have also experienced), sometimes you want to quit > an application, such as Empathy or Gwibber, only later to find > yourself still logged in, online, and maybe receiving messages. > Another issue is with Rhythmbox. This is especially true for newer > users. Let's say I just click the 'X' to quit, just like I do with > Firefox or Calculator. I don't notice that the icon is still present > in the Notification Area. It's not doing any particular harm there > right now. However, then I shut down my computer and come back the > next day. I open Rhythmbox, and it starts minimized to the > Notification Area. I'm sitting there waiting patiently for it to > open, but it never does. Now you could argue that this is a bug in > Rhythmbox (and it has been reported), but my point is that it > highlights an underlying problem of an application not quitting when > the user wants it to. > > Just for reference, I have a problem with this bug almost daily, and I > can't seem to teach myself to remember File->Quit to close certain > applications but not others.
For the record, the keyboard shortcuts are much less ambiguous and much more consistent... Ctrl-Q: Quit the application Alt-Space-C: Close the window Since I use my keyboard for almost everything I have never run into the problem you describe in any serious way. It does sound like a usability issue though. Just my 2 cents, Evan -- 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
