Re: [Usability] Idea for HIG: Ctrl+W to close active tab, if no tabs close window

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Tommi Komulainen <tommi komulainen iki fi> wrote:

> On 4/8/06, Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- Tommi Komulainen <tommi komulainen iki fi>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I find it infuriating to close a document and
> still
> > > have some useless
> > > shell I never asked for to remain hanging
> around.
> >
> > But you didn't ask it to quit. For that, use
> Ctrl-Q. ;)
> 
> I can understand quitting a job, but what does it
> mean to quit a
> document?-) Keep in mind I didn't start any
> application in the first
> place, I opened a document (from ephy, nautilus,
> whatever...)

I think we can reasonably expect users to understand
the concept of an application, and that different apps
open different kinds of documents.

I know there's a dream to be 'document-centric', but I
still don't quite understand what that means, and what
I do understand of it does not seem realistic.

If we erase the concept of application completely, and
hide it from users, then they will be quite entitled
to do something like open a text file, and then say
'Hey, I want to draw a picture here.' or 'I want to
write down some guitar chords.'


		
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