Re: [Usability] HIG issue: File/Quit or File/Close?

[Christian Neumair <chris gnome-de org>]

On Di, 2003-12-23 at 12:51 +0100, Laurent Sansonetti wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I am currently HIG'ing a program [1], and I am wondering which menu item
> I should use to leave the application.
> 
> Basically I have the choice between File/Quit and File/Close.
> 
> This application is SDI.  A screenshot is available here [2].
> 
> It seems that a lot of applications are using File/Quit, when Epiphany,
> Terminal, Database properties... are using File/Close.

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/menus.html#the-file-menu

Please read 4.5 carefully. Bottomline in your case, since you use a SDI:
Quit => Close all windows (i.e. whole application )
Close => Close active window

regs,
 Chris