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Re: application watcher / idle detector
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Re: application watcher / idle detector


  • Subject: Re: application watcher / idle detector
  • From: Rob Jorgensen <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:16:06 -0500

On 1/18/01, Stefano Bargioni commented on "Re: application watcher / idle detector":

"Stephen Gross" <email@hidden> wrote:


Problem: A lot of users at my workplace forget to quit applications.
Possible solution: An applescript that monitors idle applications and
> closes them after a set time.

<snip>

I have the same problem with some employees in my library: they do not understand the difference between an application not running and an application running without windows.
This is why I'd like that application preferences contain an option like: quit when the user closes its last window. Please, developers...

Maybe this is what you are looking for:

<http://www.katoemba.com/quitit/index.html>

From the description:

"Quit It is a system extension that automatically quits an application when its last window is closed by the user."

<insert normal "not affiliated" disclaimer here>

Later,

Rob Jorgensen
Ohio, USA


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