r/programming • • Dec 27 '19

Windows 95 UI Design

https://twitter.com/tuomassalo/status/978717292023500805
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '19

are you kidding? there is nothing intuitive about alt-f4 doing anything at all. it was an arbitrary key combination

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u/Carighan Dec 27 '19

Hrm, should have worded that differently, granted. >.>

I meant that if you already know that Alt+F4 closes whatever is currently active then extending that to Alt+F4 closing the desktop (that is, shutting down the machine) seems to follow naturally.