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Re: [Ayatana] Window close button is not consistent

Oh look at all those Firefox tabs with their close buttons on the right
Talk about lack of consistency...

Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:45:29 +0200
From: frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx
To: lists@xxxxxxx
CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Window close button is not consistent

regarding this issue..

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:20, Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
i say go with what Mark suggested[1] - to use seperate designs for the two cases:
* perhaps a hollow red circle on the button for "hide window"
* the red button with the X for "close & quit"

The WM only needs to know, if the app is about to quit upon click, or not, in order to draw the correct frame.

[1] https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg02181.html

here's a 2 frame mockup attached..

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