Scott Kane wrote:
Hi Sarah,
Mac users expect a "Quit" with the shortcut Command-Q.
I think I am correct in thinking that Windows users expect "Exit".
Yes. You are right. Windows users do expect that. There two
types of shortcuts though. some programmers use alt + e and most
use alt + x.
Not sure I would agree with that recommendation. As far as I know, on
Windows the Alt + char shortcuts should follow the Menu, so you would
(usually) have the first menu item be File, and the last entry within
that be Exit - and hence an exit shortcut would be most often Alt-F +
Alt-X but I think I have seen Alt-F + Alt-E.
If there are additional, single key shortcuts, they *usually* use the
Ctrl key. The MS GUI guidelines say that "CTRL+letter combinations and
function keys F!-F12 are usually the best choices". (see URL below);
there is no required or recommended shortcut for program exit. I most
often see Ctrl-Q, sometime Ctrl-E and never Ctrl-X (since that's the
standard shortcut for "Cut to clipboard"). There are some programs that
use single-letter Alt-char shortcuts, indeed some that use Alt-X or
Alt-E for exit, but I suspect those are ports from other systems - but
the guidelines recommend against it.
MS has an excellent document about this - worth taking an hour or two to
read it -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnacc/html/ATG_KeyboardShortcuts.asp
The alt + F4 is a standard Windows sequence and applied
to any window (modal, document etc). The system performs the
alt+F4 for you unless you code it to bypass this (not recommended).
I second that.
Preferences:
Preferences does fine. Others used are "Program Settings", "User
Settings" -
heaps of them really. I'd stick with Preferences...
Option is more common Win than Preferences -
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