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[Stefanos Apostolopoulos <stapostol@xxxxxxxxx>]

2012/2/16 Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>

> On 02/15/2012 10:10 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
>  MPT can probably point to it, but there's more research that people
>> don't understand the difference between minimising and closing, and
>> "just want it back" when they click on the app icon. So that's what we
>> should give them :)
>>
>
> If that problem is really widespread and persists with a significant
> number of users, wouldn't that suggest that Close and Minimize should make
> way for a single "Hide"? Provided that application start/stop is managed
> somewhat independently and state is restored, removing the difference in
> outcome close and minimize have now.
>
> Actually, if that can be accomplished in a non-leaky way, it would remove
> hassle for everyone (except control freaks and zombies).
>
> There is of course a class of service-based applications that require
> explicit start/stop, like IRC presence and checking email periodically.
>

Now that's an interesting idea! However, there is an important difference
between 'close' and 'minimize', in that 'close' changes the state of a
window pretty drastically by unloading the current document being edited.