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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: quit/close was: User Interface Standards
From:       John Summerfield <summer () OS2 ! ami ! com ! au>
Date:       1999-09-16 0:17:24
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> Wanted to update the UI-standards-site, but there's a small problem:
> 
> Thomas said: Close should close the document and open an empty one. In
> the UI-standards-site it says, closing a document results in a "grey"
> window. If an application doesn't support "a grey window" => leave away
> the Close.
> 
> In the last mail I agreed with Thomas. But: if a Close closes a document
> and opens an empty one - for what do you need "New..." (new does the
> same: Close old document and open an empty one).

A reasonable meaning of "new" is I'll have an additional document. I don't 
like programs (such as kedit) that think "new" includes closing the 
existing document.

Since I'm writing a letter now;-), why shouldn't I be able to start 
another without closing this one?


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Cheers
John Summerfield
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