If I had something to lose (more than 30 seconds of my time to restart
IDEA), then yes, confirmation would be fine. It'd really suck to lose data
to a 1/2 mm cursor positioning error. However, given that closing IDEA
doesn't do any harm, I find this "feature" more of an aggravation, as I
more often DO intend to close it when I click the X.
--Erik
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Alex McColgan wrote:
> So you & Erik have never attempted to maximise IDEA (or any other app) and had
> your mouse stick on a pixel 1/2 mm inside the close X after the brain's already
> sent the click command to the finger? :-)
>
> I personally agree 99% of the time, but that 1% is usually worth the angst of
> clicking the confirmation box.
>
> Glen Stampoultzis wrote:
>
> > Agreed. Nothing more annoying than a program that prompts for confirmation
> > actions I ask it to do.
> >
> > > -1
> > > I hate "Are you sure you want to do what you just instructed me to do?"
> > > boxes. That's windows lameness that IDEA doesn't need.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, SyedA wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Amar Syed
> > > > Tel No: 02088965856
> > > > Mobile: 07092277786
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: SyedA
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 6:52 PM
> > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > > > Subject: Confirmation of close on IDEA window
> > > >
> > > > I think that there should a confirmation box when the application is
> > closed
> > > > as I have clicked the X button to close it a few times in Windows
> > without
> > > > really meaning to.
> > > >
> > > > Amar Syed
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