Re: Close dillo with multiple tabs open

> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 06:00:35PM -0400, Benjamin Johnson wrote:
>On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:08:52 -0400, Roger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> However, how would you like a prompt on your vehicle every time you  
>> pressed the
>> brakes?  Do you really want to stop?  Or, how about every time you start  
>> your
>> vehicle and you're within an emergency situation and get, "Do you really  
>> want
>> to start your car?"  With real world applications, security of preventing
>> accidental quitting is application response to users intentions.
>
>I don't know much about cars, but I do know it's pretty hard to  
>accidentally start one.  And computers are, in terms of physical  
>interactions, much more difficult to use than most real-world objects (and  
>less predictable, as well).  That's why usability is so tricky to get  
>right, and why most programs' interfaces tend to follow established  
>standards and conventions.
>
>By the way, it's worth noting that vim prompts you to prevent accidental  
>quitting, BSD vi prompts you to prevent accidental quitting, even freaking  
>*ed* prompts you to prevent accidental quitting.  I find it pretty  
>annoying sometimes, too, but there have been many times when that prompt  
>has saved me from far greater frustration.

You answered this one yourself.  The default option for VIM on quit, is to only
ask if it should quit when the file in the buffer has been modified.  Other
then this, if the file buffer is unmodified, no prompt before quitting is
issued.

As such, should a browser do the same; only when forms or HTML composer/editor
has a current editing session, or associated email composition has been edited,
should a browser ask when to quit?  The only thing likely editable within Dillo
are bookmarks and some forms.

When you think about it, all data being viewed within the browser is static to
it's original location.  The only information lost is the original entered URL,
which usually can be found via Google, hence, no information is at threat of
being lost.

-- 
Roger
http://rogerx.freeshell.org/