[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Problem: Close & Exit - Solution?
From:       Peter Penz <peter.penz () jk ! uni-linz ! ac ! at>
Date:       1999-09-09 19:59:44
[Download RAW message or body]

Jost Schenck wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 09 Sep 1999, Peter Penz wrote:
> > I didn't want to ask this before, because I thought everybody would
> > flame me, but: WHY DO WE NEED TO CLOSE A WINDOW (!) WITH AN ENTRY IN THE
> > FILE (!!!!)-MENU?
> >
> 
> Because even if it's not really logical, it has been practiced for at least
> 15 years up to now ;-)
I know, it's the same with "Shut Down" in the startmenu of Windows (only
4 years old ;-), but shouldn't we be brave and brake with not logical
things to make KDE better than other Desktop-Environments?

> (no flame intended)
:-)
> -Jost.

David Faure writes:
> We need a Close entry because, among other things, it allows to see
> which key binding is associated with it.
Hmm... don't understand that. If you have a close in the menu, you'll
see the keybinding, if you have no close, you don't need to know the
binding...

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]