Windows Phone Thoughts: To Close, Or Not To Close?

The Pocket PC is different from your desktop in a number of ways, as it should be. It is a different platform. There are a number of things on the Pocket PC I would like to see adopted on the desktop. One of my favorites is the Document View applications have. When I open Excel on my PC I am staring at a blank document. When I open it on my Pocket PC, I am staring at a list of Excel file. The latter is far more likely to be useful for me. I spend much more time updating and reviewing files rather than starting from scratch.

Another area the Pocket PC and desktop differ greatly is how to close applications. There are several ways to close programs on the desktop: press the big "X" in the upper right corner, select File|Close from the menu, or press ALT-F4. Plus you can get nasty with the Task Manager if necessary. On the Pocket PC, you are to leave the application alone. If it hangs for some reason, there is a 8+ tap backdoor via Start|Settings|System|Memory|Running Programs|Select App|Stop|Ok. Beyond that, the Pocket PC should handle your memory for you, efficiently closing applications as they fade to the background having been unused for a while. Microsoft is so much in favor of this method, they withhold their logo certification from any application that includes an "Exit" command anywhere within the menu structure.

So, does this work for you? Once you vote, add a comment supporting why you voted the way you did. I am interested in hearing a wide array of opinions. Sometime next week, I will follow up with a summary of the voting, the comments and then add my own opinion.