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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 0:07:08
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> > Solution:
> >     The 'X' of a window closes a window, if it is the last window to view a
> >      document, close document
> >     if it is the last document, close (exit) program.
> Try to explain this a beginner - it's to complicated. An X does the same
> as Quit.
> 

That is so silly, I searched to find it source!!

Picture an application displaying a list. Select an item, another window 
opens where you can display/edit employee details, a document, a chart of 
the price movements of your Red Hat Software shares, whatever the 
application does.

If you click the X in the subordinate window, do you REALLY expect the 
application to close?

I say you* expect that window to close; you may also expect it to save (or 
prompt about saving) any changes.


*you an arbitrary user.


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Cheers
John Summerfield
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