Re: [Usability] Keeping the Quit menu item

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

I just noticed this month-old mail that I've missed:


tor 2003-03-20 klockan 02.18 skrev Jeffrey Baker:
> > What do you mean by "the application"?
> 
> What *I* mean by application is all the windows related to
> Evolution Calendar, or all the windows related to Galeon.
> When I Quit an application I want all those windows to Go
> Away (maybe we should rename Quit "Go Away" or "Get me the
> hell outta here"?).  There are perfectly legitimate reasons
> you would want to do that, including that you might have
> installed a new version of the program.
> 
> It's funny that nobody seems to have a fast definition of
> Application, but GNOME is littered with the term.  For
> example GNOME Terminal has a type of Application in the
> launcher properties and the context menu offes "Help on
> Terminal Application" and also I have it listed in my
> "Prefered Applications" under my "Applications" menu!

There is a definition of the word "application" in GNOME, just like
there is for a lot of other common computer-related terminology. Just
have a look at the GNOME Word List at
http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/apa.html. You'll find
"application" mentioned and described on
http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/gnome-glossary-generic-terms.html.


Christian