Does anyone else double click the icon on the left side of the title bar to close a window?

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Pepsi90919

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Originally posted by: KK
Since when has double clicking the icon been around?

you had to do it in Windows 3.1, there were no minimize/maximize/close buttons at the top right. i dropped that habit after using Windows 95 for a while though. as n0cmonkey stated above, solaris still uses this method.
 

Crappopotamus

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Oct 1, 2002
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woah how come people dont know this? suddenly at 18 i feel so very old... i used windows 3.1 back in the day.

i sometimes do, ive never really taken notice. my middle button is set to double click...
 

gflores

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I didn't know this. Anyway, I use gestures to close windows :) The feature of the future.
 

KK

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Crappopotamus
woah how come people dont know this? suddenly at 18 i feel so very old... i used windows 3.1 back in the day.

i sometimes do, ive never really taken notice. my middle button is set to double click...

I used 3.1 back in the day, but I guess since the X in the upper right I never looked back.
 

slikmunks

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Apr 18, 2001
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haven't doubleclicked in the upper left corner of a window since win 3.1... now it's the upper right, or alt-f4
 

jalaram

Lifer
Aug 14, 2000
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I always have to double-click the icon since I'm using Windows 3.11. What are you guys using?

 

Jpark

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Nov 15, 2003
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Originally posted by: schdaddy
Alt+F4 if I'm near the keyboard
Double click icon if I'm near it
Click on X if I'm near it
Right click on the taskbar & Close if I'm near it

Basically whatever is the easiest :)

:thumbsup:
 

machintos

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Mar 1, 2003
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I use the X, or close from the taskbar. Didn't know we could close a windows by double-clicking the icon.
 

dman

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whatever's most convenient. Although sometimes I like to use the taskmgr and kill the task just to show it who's boss.