Closing a browser

[chyron]

When closing a browser, should you go to "file" then "exit" or can you just
go to the upper right hand of the screen and just hit the "X".... and does
it make a difference? Someone told me it does, and you should never close it
out by using the "X".

 

[Rick Rogers]

Makes no difference. Use whatever is easiest for you.

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[Peter Foldes]

Makes no difference

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

When closing a browser, should you go to "file" then "exit" or can you just
go to the upper right hand of the screen and just hit the "X".... and does
it make a difference? Someone told me it does, and you should never close it
out by using the "X".

The "someone" is completely wrong, and it makes no difference at all,
whether it's a browser or any other program. Do whichever you prefer.

I click the "X," since it's one click rather than two.

 

[chyron]

I "thought" it didn't make a difference which way you closed it out, but
since I wasn't sure, I had to ask. I learn so much from reading these
newsgroups! Thanks much to everyone responding.

 

[Bob]

Other options are CTRL + W, ALT + F4, ALT + F + X, ALT + F + C and
ALT>>Space bar>>C.

The same keyboard commands work for many other applications as well.

 

[Tim Slattery]

It made a difference on some older browsers. If you closed with the X,
any setting you changed would not save. If you closed with the file/exit
they were saved. I personally experienced this. This is was especially
true when resizing windows, lost with the X close-saved with the
file/exit. I haven't seen this lately.

The two methods send different messages to the application. Standard
programming practice is to use the same code to handle both messages.
No doubt some programmers violated this rule, resulting in hopelessly
confused users.