On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Miguel Morales <[email protected]>wrote:
> Well, the 'home' or 'back' button does not even imply 'exit. Spending > any time with the platform even a regular user can see that pressing > 'home' is a lot like pressing the minimize button on a regular > application and pressing 'back' is simply like saying to the phone > 'take me to the last screen I was looking at' (in the same way the > back button in a browser takes you to your last pages but leaves other > tabs open.) > > Perhaps if the buttons said 'exit' or had an 'X' on it I'd agree with > this complain. Other than that, expecting your process to be killed > when you press the 'back' or 'home' button simply implies > unfamiliarity with both the phones and framework. > > Nice! I might add that we should contact developers who add "exit" buttons to their apps (against Android development guidelines) that they are contributing to the confusion of new developers. If any such developers read this, I'd be interested to hear their defense. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
