Re: [Usability] Closing windows with doubleclick

On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 16:17 +0000, Alan Horkan wrote:
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.)

Epiphany with 15 tabs open. Press the window manager close button and
*poof* all gone.

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.)

This is why I don't have the window icon button but have Close on the
left and maximise/minimise on the right. If I want the menu I can
right-click on the titlebar. I really do think that should be the
default layout for Metacity...

Ross
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