Re: Logic behind CLOSE and EXIT.

[bruno virgoplus com]

Rodd Clarkson wrote:

> Michael Meeks wrote:
> > Hi Darin,
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Darin Maxwell wrote:
> > > FYI, in Excel, you can use Ctrl-Tab to cycle through open workbooks(i.e.
> > > files) and Ctrl-PageDown/PageUp to cycle through worksheets.
> >
> >         I don't quite understand this. IIRC Excel 97 and earlier had this
> > silly MDI stuff, whereas all manner of windows float inside the main
> > window neccessitating <alt><tab> to switch real window and <ctrl><tab> to
> > switch contained window. IMHO this behaviour was confusing, non-intuitive,
> > difficult to learn, inconsistant and wasteful. Seemingly MS rumbled this,
> > and IIRC Excel 2000 junks MDI ( at least by default ). Hence, should you
> > want to switch through open files you should be able to bind a WM key (
> > eg. <alt><tab> ) to do this for you ?
>
> Yep, but that's how windows users think.  And if your trying to get them
> to move over to a clearly superior platform ;-] they're not going to
> stay around to long if things aren't at least similar to what they are
> used to.
>

I don't  agree with you. People are bored with Windows for very specific
reasons. It means that if it is to have the same on Linux than on Windows, why
would they change ? If it is all the same where's the advantage to change ?

That's what people will think ...

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