Re: Re: New user (from Opera)

on Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:28:02PM -0500, Andrew Conkling ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 11:18 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > A few tips have been posted to:
> > 
> >    http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/ThunderbirdUserChrome
> > 
> > (this is of course related to the Mozilla Thunderbird project, but
> > should be similar).  
> 
> Thanks for the reply; I'll check that out.
> 
> > > > 3. Is it possible not to have the window close when the last tab is closed?
> > > 
> > > I don't think so.
> > 
> > ...and IMO, that's a misfeature.  You'll likely get used to this.  I
> > find FFX's *refusal* to close a window when the last tab is closed to be
> > infuriating.
> 
> Well, I think that the real issue is how much you can do with a window
> closed.  Opera had a full-fledged MDI (multiple document interface) and
> the general 'feel' I got from it was that webpages were 'contained' in
> Opera, but there was plenty to do when you had closed all your windows:
> continue downloading files, open pages from your history, etc.  

Well, with Galeon, so long as you've got a given window open, your
session persists.  See followup, there's a -s / --server option for
quickstart.

For me the metaphor sheer of "why won't the last tab close like the
other ones did" is more severe than "why can't I keep the browser
running" (which it pretty much always is anyway.

> Not quite that different from any other browser at this point, but
> like I said, it was all about the 'feel'.  So it made more sense for
> Opera to have that feature.  No worries though; I use Galeon. ;)

;-)


Peace.

-- 
Karsten M. Self <[email protected]>        http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
 What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
    Inconceivable!
    - Princess Bride

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