Re: [Usability]Keeping the Quit menu item

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 21Mar2003 09:15AM (-0500), Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> 
> Actually, I thought I read somewhere (Cocoa docs? HIG? I don't remember)
> that multi-document apps are supposed to *not* quit when you close the
> last window, while single-window apps are supposed to?.. 

Yep, that's the recommendation.

> (Although, then, one wonders why the system preferences app doesn't
> quit when you close the window.)

It is a special exception for historical reasons.
 
> > Right. If I were designing the model for GNOME, I'd leave out the
> > concept of "running app with no open windows". I'd probably also want
> > to make the panel more dock-like, although it could be hard to do this
> > while properly integrating legacy apps.
> 
> Yeah, I have the feeling that, unless one accepts that there are going
> to be ugly inconsistencies with legacy apps, it might be impossible to
> fix this issue properly.  :-/

It seems like a better goal to shoot for than eliminating Quit, though.

Regards,

Maciej