2012/2/16 Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> > On 02/15/2012 10:10 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > MPT can probably point to it, but there's more research that people >> don't understand the difference between minimising and closing, and >> "just want it back" when they click on the app icon. So that's what we >> should give them :) >> > > If that problem is really widespread and persists with a significant > number of users, wouldn't that suggest that Close and Minimize should make > way for a single "Hide"? Provided that application start/stop is managed > somewhat independently and state is restored, removing the difference in > outcome close and minimize have now. > > Actually, if that can be accomplished in a non-leaky way, it would remove > hassle for everyone (except control freaks and zombies). > > There is of course a class of service-based applications that require > explicit start/stop, like IRC presence and checking email periodically. >
Now that's an interesting idea! However, there is an important difference between 'close' and 'minimize', in that 'close' changes the state of a window pretty drastically by unloading the current document being edited.
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