Please fix

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wraiththe
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Please fix

Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:21 am

Hi,
Normal windows conventions are that when you click the X, in the upper right hand corner of the window, the program exits.

Unfortunately I cannot post an image, but it is pretty easy to understand that the _ means minimize, the small box means maximize or reduce size of window,
and the X means exit.

This is an annoyance, especially if you have OCD... but also because of the extra effort necessary to exit the program and truth be told, it seems like bad programming not to follow normal/standard conventions that have been standard for over 25 years or at least since windows 3.2 in 1994

This may work below.

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davews
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Re: Please fix

Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:43 pm

Different yes but I actually quite like that way. It also doesn't clutter up the taskbar by not leaving an entry on there, just sitting in the background ready to be opened when needed. I never actually exit mailwasher, just let Windows shut it down when I close down the PC.

Leave it as it is please!
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rusticdog
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Re: Please fix

Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:22 pm

Under Settings >> General >> Application >> uncheck 'Minimise MailWasher on X' >> Save.

That will close MailWasher on X instead of minimising.

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Re: Please fix

Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:36 am

Normal windows conventions are that when you click the X, in the upper right hand corner of the window, the program exits.
Ummm, kinda, sorta, but not really - maybe.

That is, "normal" Windows conventions is NOT just one way of doing things. Instead, "normal" conventions allows for different options/behavior, depending on (1) the program, (2) if the program normally or frequently runs full time in focus or in the background, and (3) user preferences.

For example, your real-time security programs run full time, typically in the background. If you were looking at your real-time antimalware program's control panel, you would not want the X to close/exit that security program, leaving you vulnerable. You would want the X to minimize the program (perhaps to the System Tray) and/or move to the background instead.

But if you were working on a Word document, for example, you might want the X to close Word (assuming it prompted to save any open documents first, before actually closing - which it does).

If you look at your MailWasher again, when you maximize, the Maximize icon changes to this:
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Note the box is now outlined with another box. So you just click it again, and again to go back and forth.

Or, change your preferences as rusticdog suggested.
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Re: Please fix

Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:13 pm

;) ;) ;)
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wraiththe
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Re: Please fix

Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:15 pm

rusticdog wrote:
Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:22 pm
Under Settings >> General >> Application >> uncheck 'Minimise MailWasher on X' >> Save.

That will close MailWasher on X instead of minimising.

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