On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 03:30, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > I'm not sure I like the Mac OS "feature" of an application continuing > to run after all windows are closed. It certainly took a long time to > get used to. But I don't think it's an essential part of an > app-centric model. Well, the app-centric model works particularly well on the Mac because there is total decoupling between the windows and the app itself, which is conceptually represented by the icon in the dock and the changing menubar on the top, indicating which app is active at any given time. In that kind of setup, it makes sense that closing all the windows doesn't close the app as well, because an app doesn't necessarily need to have windows at all. I agree it is not essential, but it makes sense that you dont' have to restart the app if e.g. you are done reading a document and want to open a different one (close document window, select file -> open...). On the other hand, it's hard to imitate this strictly app-centric model in GNOME because we don't have the dock, and also the menubar is embedded in the windows, which makes decoupling the app from its windows difficult. For example, you can't handle the case where the app is running but it has no windows. I do like the Mac way better though... -- Ettore
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