Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location
Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location
- Subject: Re: Aqua Interface Guidelines & Close Window location
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:22:37 +0200
John,
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>>>>> John Geleynse (JG) wrote at Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:18:45 -0700:
JG> No. Users close windows but think of it as the action required to close
JG> their file.
I am sorry, but I have to disagree. That was right on OS9, where (almost)
any window represented a document (incidentally, there's another problem --
"document" is not the same as "file", but let's skip that one for awhile).
With OS X it is no more true: whenever OS9 had a dialogue, OS X has a
window. Therefore, the "Close Window" command _CONSIDERABLY_ differs from a
"Close Document" one, and _DEFINITELY_ belongs to "Window" menu.
Let me put it this way: using "Close Window" (from "window" menu), you are
closing the key window. _THAT'S_ the action you perform. It can, but need not
to, close some document too.
Using "Close Document" (from "File" menu) you are closing the main document.
_THAT'S_ the action you perform. It would generally close some window(s)
too.
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