On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 09:53 +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote: > Le mercredi 06 juillet 2005 Ã 20:14 -0400, Colin Walters a Ãcrit : > > > Christophe (who isn't a big fan of "the close button doesn't really > > > quit") > > > > Ok, so...why is it you feel that way? > > To answer your second mail, I haven't tried the patch yet. What annoys > me with hiding the window instead of closing it is that you then have to > remember how each app behave when you click the close button I think the way to think of Rhythmbox after this patch is that it's no longer an application; it's simply a part of your desktop, like eggcups or NetworkManager. I don't think of the eggcups or NetworkManager icons as applications; when I click on their icons I just do some short interaction with the menu, then close it. Just think of the Rhythmbox main window as a big menu. In fact, if we add this patch I might like to go further and move menu items like "Preferences" and "Help" into the tray icon. > Speaking of muine, I just remembered what it was doing last time I > tried, the close button was really quitting muine, but the tray icon had > a "hide window" menu item. I prefer this behaviour I think. Why is "really quitting" so important? What does it mean in user interface terms? Just that it disappears from your task list? Or is that it stops playback? > Once again, I haven't tried the patch, and I'm only explaining why I > don't like much overriding the close button behaviour, if most people > feel it's the right thing to do, I won't go crazy about that ;) One thing that I should mention is that "Quit" is still available. So if you were used to using Ctrl-Q to end Rhythmbox, that still works. But yes, this change is a problem for people who had existing workflow with Rhythmbox. In the end though I think existing users will understand and adjust to the change. I think like you I also used to use the close button of Rhythmbox to stop playback. But I've already started adjusting my workflow to use the "Stop" button for that. > Glad to read mails from you on rhythmbox-devel btw ;) Good to be back :)
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