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Ctrl W not close app: Difference between revisions
→Pro: qualify sweeping negative assertion to match given motivation
(→Con: There is no whole app closing shortcut; there is a tab closing shortcut; tabless browsing con point) |
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* Inconsistency: Close tab button and Ctrl-W are currently inconsistent ("close tab button" keeps app open, ctrl-W closes the (possibly last) window). Also in the same way, currently inconsistent with right click on tab -> "Close tab" (which cannot close the app). | * Inconsistency: Close tab button and Ctrl-W are currently inconsistent ("close tab button" keeps app open, ctrl-W closes the (possibly last) window). Also in the same way, currently inconsistent with right click on tab -> "Close tab" (which cannot close the app). | ||
* There's already a keyboard shortcut for closing the window (SHIFT+CTRL+W). | * There's already a keyboard shortcut for closing the window (SHIFT+CTRL+W). | ||
* Surprise: The current behaviour is often surprising - "Whoa! Where did my browser window just go?". New behaviour will not be surprising to the new user. | * Surprise: The current behaviour is often surprising - "Whoa! Where did my browser window just go?". New behaviour will not be surprising to the new user in this way. | ||
* It's currently in an extension (Tab Mix Plus, under "Events" tab -> option "Do not close window when closing last tab by hotkey"), so there is demand for this and it can be done on Firefox. | * It's currently in an extension (Tab Mix Plus, under "Events" tab -> option "Do not close window when closing last tab by hotkey"), so there is demand for this and it can be done on Firefox. | ||
* Non-intrusive: There was [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=195101 a patch] (now out of date) which nevertheless showed how to do this, and the changes required were small (2 Kb). | * Non-intrusive: There was [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=195101 a patch] (now out of date) which nevertheless showed how to do this, and the changes required were small (2 Kb). | ||