Subject: Re: FAQ -- why the MSDI interface? (aka, no pagers please)
From: Håkan Waara (hwaara@chello.se)
Date: Sat Aug 18 2001 - 20:40:40 CDT
Tim LaDuca wrote:
> On 19 Aug 2001 03:32:18 +0200, Håkan Waara wrote:
>
>>Paul Rohr wrote:
>> > At 09:04 PM 8/18/01 -0400, Tim LaDuca wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 18 Aug 2001 16:43:36 -0700, Paul Rohr wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Erp. In what widely-used SDI application does File / Close *not*
>> >>> have the exact same semantics as clicking the little X? And
>> >>> why aren't they in the User Interface Hall of Shame?
>> >>>
>> >> :-) Microsoft Word. When you click File-> Close you are left with a
>>"document-less" window.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I asked this elsewhere in the thread, but is there a **non-MDI**
>>version of
>> > Word with this behavior? If so, two questions:
>> >
>> > 1. What version is it? 2. What does the UI look like when you
>> > File/Close the last open
>>document?
>> >
>> > It's obvious how to show that state on a Mac or in a true MDI app.
>> > The pesky question that remains is whether anyone's established a
>>comparable UI
>> > convention for apps like AbiWord.
>> >
>>
>>If it's to any help, Mozilla quits when the last window is closed.
>>
>
> Yes, but Mozilla has File->Quit, not File->Close or ->Exit.
>
Uhm. As I said, Mozilla *does* have File->Close.
-- Håkan Waara (hwaara@chello.se)
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