On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Corey Burger wrote: > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:59:37 -0800 > From: Corey Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Usability] Closing windows with doubleclick > > On 3/15/06, Joachim Noreiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm a sucker for consistency, despite some of the > > > comments in the bug > > > report I figure if everyone else is doing it Gnome > > > probably should too. > > > We shouldn't be Lemmings and blindly follow what > > > everyone else is doing > > > but if we are going to be different we should have a > > > good reason for it, > > > and the burden of proof should be on those who want > > > to block this feature. > > > > I understand the arguments against, and I think they > > are valid. > <snip> > > Basically, I think we should not implement this for a number of reasons: > 1. User click everywhere > 2. Users like to doubleclick > 3. The consequences of closing can be grave
Examples please? Gnome applications preferably. > 4. Closing is a not a recoverable action Please back up that assertion. The point I made in my previous mail was that a good application would warn you if you had any unsaved data. Increasinly applications will remember window position and other state information. (The request is for close not kill or force quit.) I am sure this could be done if people really wanted to do it. Also if we are so worried about users accidentally closing windows and if it is as dangerous as others claim why is a non-destructive action like Maximize put right beside the close button? (There should be some dead space between close and maximize, but maybe that is simply an issue with the default Clearlooks theme.) Sincerely Alan Horkan Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
