I agree with you that most likely, they are indeed closing. It’s just something that I happened to be thinking about. Call me weird.
Chris. > On May 8, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Truth to tell, there is no accessible way, of which I am aware, to judge > whether those apps are really and truly closing when the main menu is > returned to. Some would, I suppose, say that in this case, it really does > not matter. Seems to me, if Netflix's behavior is anything by which to > judge, however, that the apps truly do close when the main menu is returned > to. This, I judge by tha fact that every time I return to the main menu and > then open up Netflix again on my Apple TV, I land in the screen where I am > asked "who's watching netflix?'. The fact that I stay apparently signed in, > though, could also be interpreated to mean that the app is not really > closing. I suppose, for what it's worth, that they do actually close. > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > > Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! > > Sent from my Mac, > the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in > >> On May 8, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> This question applies both to the 2nd and the 3rd generations. >> >> So, I take close note here of realizing that to close one of the... well... >> as I call them, applets on the device, by applet, I mean any of the things >> on your menu, like Netflix, Movies, Hulu, HBO Now, PBX Kids, etc. Anyway, >> to close any of these, you simply either hit your back button until you >> reach the main home screen menu, or, you press and hold down the menu key. >> I know depending on if you have the accessibility menu on or off, you then >> may have one more step to get to the main menu, but my point still remains >> either way. >> >> My question is, how do we really truely and honestly know if those applets >> really indeed are fully closing? We don't really have an app >> switcher/chooser, nor do we have a process manager/task manager of sort on >> the device, so really Apple can say all the doo da day that these apps are >> closing, but, you know as well as I, whether you like admitting it or not, >> that some companies, not saying just Apple here, I mean this more >> generalized, have a tendency to stretch or omit the truth with some things. >> I just wonder if maybe the memory resources are actually not totally being >> cleared up just by backing out of something. I wonder if on the low level >> end, if there's an accessible way that we could find out and know for 100% >> sure what *really!* actually happens when one backs out of one of those apps. >> >> Kind a makes you wonder, doesn't it? >> >> Chris. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
