Re: Close button on Single Window Utilities
Re: Close button on Single Window Utilities
- Subject: Re: Close button on Single Window Utilities
- From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:43:19 -0600
Not so. I like leaving System Prefs running, so that when I have to
change some setting and I click on its Dock icon, its window appears
instantly instead of my having to wait the 1.62 seconds it takes for SP
to launch. Sure, it doesn't seem like much, but it can get aggravating
if you do it often.
I also *really hate it* when iPhoto quits if I close its window. That
app takes quite a while to launch, and if I had wanted to quit it, I
would have quit it, dammit! Instead, I have to either drag its window
out of the way, minimize it to the Dock (taking up Dock space), or use
Command-H every time I want to make the thing get out of my way. It
would be much easier if I could just close the window and have it come
up when I clicked on the app's icon.
Charles
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 03:28 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
The point is for applications which revolve around a single window
(System Preferences, along with the iApps and so on), it makes no
sense to have the application open with the main window closed. For
document based apps, this is useful, sure, but not for iApps.
-- Finlay
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 04:23 AM, Charles Srstka wrote:
Whoa - here I am agreeing with Ondra about something again. Wow,
weird.
Being able to close all of an app's windows without quitting the app
is a very useful feature indeed. Then, if you click the app's Dock
icon, it brings up a new window, without your having to wait for the
whole app to launch again. I'll bet there isn't a person on this list
who doesn't use this ability somewhere, and most commonly, I'll bet
you use it with your web browser - it's very convenient to leave it
running in the background and instantly get a new browser window when
you need one, by clicking on its icon. Can you imagine how annoying
it would be if this were Windows and you needed to wait for OmniWeb,
Mozilla, Chimera, or whatever browser to use to relaunch once you
closed all its windows? And although the effect is less dramatic,
this ability is also very useful for System Preferences, Terminal,
Mail, etc.
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