dmd 2.029 release [OT]

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:00:19 -0400, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:

> "BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message
> news:a6268ff50d58cb92d952e5b612 at news.digitalmars.com...
>> Hello Nick,
>>
>>> "BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message
>>> news:a6268ff50558cb92691721562e at news.digitalmars.com...
>>>
>>>> yah, for some programs you rarely want to close the program but often
>>>> want to close the UI.
>>>>
>>> That's called "Minimize".
>>>
>>
>> It can be, OTOH I might want the UI process killed without killing the
>> main program. Another point is the other side of the assertion, "you
>> rarely want to close the program" as in 90% of the time even when I hit
>> the x button, I don't actually want to close the program.
>>
>
> The whole point of the 'x' button is the close the program. Always has  
> been.
> If I didn't want to close the program, I wouldn't push it. If you want to
> hide/kill the UI without closing the program, that's "minimize". True,
> minimizing to the taskbar doesn't kill the UI process/thread (assuming it
> even is a separate process/thread), but in the rare cases where the
> distinction of "UI process running/killed" actually matters, the program  
> can
> still do that through a minimize to tray. And while neither "minimize"  
> nor
> "close" truly mean "minimize to tray", clearly "minimize" is FAR closer  
> in
> both wording and behavior. Any way you look at it, having a "close"  
> button
> that doesn't "close" the app is like having a "cancel" button that  
> prints,
> or a "save" button that plays music.

Yahoo messenger's X button behavior:

click on it -> "Although the main window has been closed, Yahoo! Messenger  
will continue to run in the system tray..."

With a checkbox that says "Show this message in the future."

That's perfect for me.  YM also has an option to automatically remove the  
taskbar button when minimized (so minimized does the behavior you want it  
to do).

-Steve