When will we get background processes?

[Jeremy W]

Of course it does. Adobe has to use the APIs that Microsoft has made available in Windows.

So by that logic, iTunes looking horribly out of place on Windows is Microsoft's fault, not Apple's. Of course, it meakes perfect sense!

You started by saying "If I click the X on an application window, the application closes. Every time." This is clearly untrue. Do you at least see that?

I said application window, not document window. If I click the X on the Photoshop application window, Photoshop closes. If I click the X on AIM, it continues running in the background, but that was a setting I chose to utilize.

 

[TheSpaz]

Imagine how slow and sluggish the iPhone would be if Apple allowed background processes? I mean... I pretty much already run out of memory by just running Safari, Mail and iPod.

 

[BaldiMac]

So by that logic, iTunes looking horribly out of place on Windows is Microsoft's fault, not Apple's. Of course, it meakes perfect sense!

I never said it was Microsoft's fault. I just said that the function of the close button in Windows is inconsistent. It behaves differently in different applications. Kind of like the green zoom button in OS X.

I said application window, not document window. If I click the X on the Photoshop application window, Photoshop closes. If I click the X on AIM, it continues running in the background, but that was a setting I chose to utilize.

If I click the close button in Word with multiple documents open, it closes one document - not the application as you specified. If I click the close button in Photoshop with multiple documents open, it closes all documents and the application.

Excel 2007 has a document close button and an application close button. The application close button does not close the application like it does in Photoshop. They both behave exactly the same unless there is only one document open. Word 2007 only has one close button.

 

[Jeremy W]

If I click the close button in Word with multiple documents open, it closes one document - not the application as you specified.

Incorrect. In Word, each document is treated as a separate application. Each document has it's own button on the task bar.

Excel 2007 has a document close button and an application close button. The application close button does not close the application like it does in Photoshop.

However, Excel still gives each document a separate button on the task bar, just like Word does.