Friday, October 13, 2006
Sorry, Not Even Close
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THOUGHT" @ 07:00 AM
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/10/05/The-Emperor-Has-No-Close.aspx
Mike Calligaro has written up a blog post called "The Emperor Has No Close." It is the latest apologetic work :wink: on why the Pocket PC has a button that looks like a close button but is really nothing more than the equivalent of the minimize button.
Over three years ago I wrote an article about the lack of a close button and except for the logo requirements changing, the article and most of your comments are right on point. I don't really see a need to rehash all of the points brought up in that thread, though you are certainly free to do so. :devilboy: I do know from a user point of view, the memory management is not any better than it was then - at least from my observations. I have to forcibly kill PIE at least once a day to get my K-Jam back up above 2MB of free RAM, which seems to be the magic point at which it runs like it has a 16MHz 286 processor with the "turbo" switch off.
Mike Calligaro has written up a blog post called "The Emperor Has No Close." It is the latest apologetic work :wink: on why the Pocket PC has a button that looks like a close button but is really nothing more than the equivalent of the minimize button.
Over three years ago I wrote an article about the lack of a close button and except for the logo requirements changing, the article and most of your comments are right on point. I don't really see a need to rehash all of the points brought up in that thread, though you are certainly free to do so. :devilboy: I do know from a user point of view, the memory management is not any better than it was then - at least from my observations. I have to forcibly kill PIE at least once a day to get my K-Jam back up above 2MB of free RAM, which seems to be the magic point at which it runs like it has a 16MHz 286 processor with the "turbo" switch off.
