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Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Close button: reaaly close or go to system tray?
From:       Dotan Cohen <dotancohen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-02-01 19:20:48
Message-ID: 880dece01002011120s1128e3d8kfa0ed27bc28ec58c () mail ! gmail ! com
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2010/2/1 Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com>:
> On Sunday 31 January 2010 18:56:49 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> 2010/1/29 Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com>:
>> >
>> > Sheer practicalities can't be ignored.
>>
>> Neither can usability. This is why I suggested that the app continue
>> to behave as it does (as that is in fact practical) yet simply provide
>> a different interface option when it is minimizing to the tray (Not
>> use the X button).
>
> The we shall simply have to agree to disagree.

Agreed!


>  Adding yet another button,
> with a function neither expected nor previously experienced, is not, IMO, a
> way to remove confusion.
>

I in fact agree with this. However, having some applications behave
differently than others when the X button is pressed is confusing as
well. What do you propose to resolve that?

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