Re: [Usability]close vs quit

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

ons 2002-05-29 klockan 01.59 skrev Gregory Merchan:
> > > > I'm curious, If neither Exit nor Quit meny entries should exist, how are
> > > > applications then supposed to be exited from the application's menus?
> > > 
> > > This topic has been visited many times on this list, probably on others,
> > > and on IRC.
> > 
> > Yes. I do remember certain heated opinions, but little of what was
> > actually based on usability.
> >
> > > Do I really need to explain it again?
> > 
> > Since you brought it up again, I think yes.
> > 
> > If I remember correctly, there wasn't any agreement that all ways of
> > exiting an application from it's menus should be removed, so I'm
> > wondering what the reasons are for discussing the removal of these
> > recommendations in the HIG.
> 
> Removing File->Quit and File->Close from the HIG isn't being discussed at all.

I thought it was. My bad.


> Even if it were, my opinion wouldn't matter. I don't work on the HIG or
> the GUP anymore. I occassionally reply or post as an interested user and
> as a courtesy because I wrote the section of the HIG in question which has
> received few if any updates.
> 
> That said, I have no interest in going over this again.

Fair enough.


Sorry for the unnecessarily wasted bandwidth,
Christian