Re: [Usability]Keeping the Quit menu item

[Per Cederberg <per percederberg net>]

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> On 20Mar2003 11:40AM (-0500), Havoc Pennington wrote:
>
> > You're still asking if they can/have figured it out, you should ask
> > whether they should have to.
>
>
> No. 
>
> I'm suggesting that not only have they figured it out, but they find
> it a useful concept and a convenient function.
>
> The distinction between "close the window" and "quit the app" is
> clear, and both are useful things to do, especially in the case of
> apps that might use multiple windows to perform a task.

In a world with tabbed browsing and pop-up blockers, I do
not really see the utility of Quit in a web browser. And
my knowledge of other applications that could potientially
benefit from Quit (being different from Close) is very
limited... Could you please enlighten me?

I only see it causing pain for people expecting Close:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39639
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161495

/Per - Who only uses Alt-F4 and the top right (X) anyway

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