On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:40:36 -0400, Christopher Wright wrote: > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "Steven Schveighoffer" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> I was never a huge fan of application themes. I don't mind a theme >>> for the whole system (as long as it's simple), but I don't want iTunes >>> to look different just because it can. >>> >>> >> That's one of my biggest pet peeves about modern software. I can't >> really do the subject justice without delving into a giant pile of >> expletives. But worse still is when they decide to go and piss all over >> not just standard looks, but also standard behaviors. Like how the Win >> build of iTunes will still ignore/"eat" any click that brings it to the >> foreground. If I wanted that behavior I'd be running a Mac. >> >> The absolute worst of all though is when an app (*cough* skype *cough*) >> decides that "close" and "the 'close' button" should mean "don't close >> anything at all, but minimize to tray instead". That should be a firing >> squad offense ;) > > I'd be killing my IM client constantly if not for that feature. I pretty > much expect it of any application that's meant to be running for a long > time and only rarely needing user interaction (such as a bittorrent > client).
I think he was referring to not having an exit. That is File->Exit is also minimize to tray which is not the case in most such apps.
