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Who uses File > Exit anymore?
2005-11-24, 12:01 AM #1
So i'm browsing the forums, and I suddenly remember that I can close a window / program by using file > exit. To be honest, I cannot remember the last time I ever used this function, if I ever have at all.

Post whether or not you close things this way regularly, and if not, how long has it been? (Windows only :p )
2005-11-24, 12:15 AM #2
I think I use it most often with Paint Shop Pro, but usually not.
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2005-11-24, 12:26 AM #3
Hardly ever.
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2005-11-24, 12:34 AM #4
I forgot it existed...
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2005-11-24, 12:35 AM #5
Hardly ever. MSN messenger must be closed through a menu, though. The upper right X just iconizes it, after all.
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2005-11-24, 12:42 AM #6
I never use it.

If my mouse is in that corner of the screen and I want to close the program i'm more likely to triple click the icon in the top left.

I don't think i've ever used file->exit.
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2005-11-24, 12:51 AM #7
Alt+F4 > *

Watch, I'll demonstrate its usefulness righ--
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2005-11-24, 1:03 AM #8
I think the way I probably use most is right-click on taskbar tab -> Close.

Really annoys me when programs insert items in that menu below the Close item. The Close should always be at the bottom of that menu.
2005-11-24, 1:05 AM #9
Quote:
Really annoys me when programs insert items in that menu below the Close item. The Close should always be at the bottom of that menu.



nView :mad:


I also remember using some program that put a link to a web site right below close, so when i'm on a roll swatting a herd of undesired windows, I get to that one and fall for some crappy advertisement that totally kills my rythm.


Quote:
if my mouse is in that corner of the screen and I want to close the program i'm more likely to triple click the icon in the top left.


Triple? I only have to double...is that some preference setting?
2005-11-24, 2:46 AM #10
I usually just shoot for the x.
2005-11-24, 3:57 AM #11
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
Triple? I only have to double...is that some preference setting?



On some programs it's triple. Ones where "Close" isn't the default (bold) option. I just got used to triple clicking so I do it out of habit :p
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2005-11-24, 3:59 AM #12
I'm lazy, so I go for the X in the corner. But I did remember that File -> Exit was there.
2005-11-24, 4:08 AM #13
You can also double click the icon at the top left. I still use that sometimes.
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2005-11-24, 4:14 AM #14
Usually the X, except for Photoshop. Ctrl+Q all the way there.
2005-11-24, 4:15 AM #15
I use it semi regularly, when you count DOS edit and other DOS programs.
2005-11-24, 4:53 AM #16
Command + Q
2005-11-24, 6:13 AM #17
[QUOTE=Glyde Bane]You can also double click the icon at the top left. I still use that sometimes.[/QUOTE]

Didn't know that :D

I use file-exit when i don't have a mouse
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2005-11-24, 7:09 AM #18
Mostly Alt-F4. Occasionally the X.
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2005-11-24, 7:11 AM #19
Alt->F->X for the win.

That's only for some programs though. Most of the time it's the little 'X' in the corner.
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2005-11-24, 9:07 AM #20
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2005-11-24, 11:00 AM #21
Originally posted by Giraffe:
I think the way I probably use most is right-click on taskbar tab -> Close.

Really annoys me when programs insert items in that menu below the Close item. The Close should always be at the bottom of that menu.

Yes.
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2005-11-24, 11:28 AM #22
i right click the buttons of programs in the taskbar and click close to close most programs.
2005-11-24, 2:52 PM #23
Alternative to Alt+F4:

Alt+Spacebar+C

Only works in programs that actually show the upper-left icon.

You can also minimize and maximize the program using Alt+Spacebar+n/x respectively. It's how I minimize with the keyboard.

If I need to minimize everything to get to the desktop, I use Win+D.

If I need to get to my computer, I use Win+E.

Other than that, Right click and Close is what I use alot, especially if its a bunch of folder windows.
2005-11-24, 7:17 PM #24
[QUOTE=Cool Matty]
Alt+Spacebar+C
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I use that over Alt-F4 all the time, much less hand movement. And moving the mouse to close is too much work.
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2005-11-24, 10:06 PM #25
Cool Matty- Don't forget Windowskey + R for run, and windowskey + pause/break for system properties.

Also, Windowskey + M is better than +D. +M will minimize/unminimize only things that can normally be minimized. +D will do everything, which includes things that DON'T go to the taskbar. Which can be bad when there are property windows and such.
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2005-11-24, 10:25 PM #26
Windows + M does not unminimize. Windows + D does. Therefore it is better.
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2005-11-25, 3:35 PM #27
Windows D doesn't even work on my computer for some reason
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