Re: MacUpdatePromo

"Steve Carroll" <trollkiller@xxxxxx> stated in post
trollkiller-4CCEFD.11594624042008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/24/08 10:59
AM:

In article <C435FF94.B5626%usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Snit <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"nospamatall" <nospamatall@xxxxxx> stated in post fuqaui$qud$1@xxxxxxxx on
4/24/08 9:02 AM:

Snit wrote:
I just purchased the promo bundle from MacUpdate... excellent deal. No
real
desire for the "biggie" in the deal, Parallels (I have VMware) but for
under
$70 the rest of the software is well worth it.

I did just test and three of the nine applications that I got from there
quit when you close the last window ... and Hazel and MenuCalendarClock
and
Typinator are not typical windowed programs (they are prefpanes or menu
items).

Art Text
BannerZest
DVD Remaster

So of the nine, six are windowed... and half of those quit when the last
window is closed.

That does not speak well of consistency in how windows work on a Mac...


I don't think consistency is as important as logic. If there is no
reason for a process to remain active after closing the last window it
can quit. What bugs me is when you can't close the last window without
quitting, even if a process is still running. It's not an OS thing, more
a developer thing.

I wish there was a visual way to know what would happen... if Apple were to
build in such a way I bet most developers would use it.

There is a visual way but that vision is based on comprehending the
logic of how the app is used. For apps that have "no reason for a
process to remain active after closing the last window"... the app
'visually' quits, taking the app menu with it. For apps where this isn't
the case, the app awaits new interaction by 'visually' remaining
active... the "visual" indicator is the app menu.

Hence the reason you only knew of *one* application that quit when the last
window was closed.

Face it, Steve, you just shoved your foot deep down your throat again...
but, hey, you got me to respond to you - and that is really what you care
about.


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I'm not saying that this is always true, but in many cases the user
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