Long press of close button to close all app windows

[sph]

Would like to propose another usability feature. Holding close/back button in the right upper corner of the screen would close all windows and/or instances of application.

The current way to close an app is go to multitasking screen and tap on its window. In case of MicroB it becomes quite tedious.

Vote here:
http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/long_press_of_close_button_to_close_all_app_window s/

[NvyUs]

its a very good idea, something i've never really thought about but it does make a lot of sense to have a close all.

[Helmuth]

A good Idea. But in my opinion it should ask to close all windows or only the actual window to avoid closing all applications by accident. :)

[shapeshifter]

Good idea. The same thing should apply to the taskmanager view close buttons. Long pressing a button of one thumbnail of an app should close all its windows.

[sph]

Good idea. The same thing should apply to the taskmanager view close buttons. Long pressing a button of one thumbnail of an app should close all its windows.

It is worth to add it as a solution.

[Joseph.skb]

Hi! Anyone has a solution for this yet? It takes 4 steps just to close an application (email or media player). I like the idea of a long press to close the application rather than having to go back 3 times to close the application.

[figaro]

Hi! Anyone has a solution for this yet? It takes 4 steps just to close an application (email or media player). I like the idea of a long press to close the application rather than having to go back 3 times to close the application.

as for this one, you can just open the dashboard (tap on the top-left button, it's 1 click) and then tap the X button for the email (or whatever apps it is) window, it's 2 click. better than circling back 3 or more times :D

but still, would like to see the feature advised by the OP implemented :)

[philh]

I can not believe it took me a year to find out that holding the dashboard button while in application takes me straight to desktop... :D

Anyway, close all is a good idea, I'd like that.

[khuong]

I can not believe it took me a year to find out that holding the dashboard button while in application takes me straight to desktop... :D

Anyway, close all is a good idea, I'd like that.

You're not alone, i just learned it after reading your post. :)

[marxian]

My preferred solution would be to have a close button in the top-right corner of the task switcher view to close all running applications:

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1933/screenshot2011011417595.th.png (http://img839.imageshack.us/i/screenshot2011011417595.png/)

[Dancairo]

You're not alone, i just learned it after reading your post. :)

:D Me too!! not any quicker than the 2 quick click method though :confused:

[philh]

:D Me too!! not any quicker than the 2 quick click method though :confused:

But you only click once. Save your energy :D

[hawaii]

I'd like to see gestures, and while true kinetic ones might stop ease of implementating webOS-styled ones, flicking cards away etc...without copying stacks, cards and the rest, I brainstorm the following -

Slice through an application to close it, drawing a line through multiple applications would close the selected ones and long pressing on an application would enter "edit" mode allow you to re-order applications by hand. Task "pages" would also be nice for those who keep many applications open, you could designate one "page" for Conversation windows, one for browser windows and one for other applications. All spawned applications would go into their respective "pages" based on grouping or into the "last" page if there was none. They would be accessed by swiping left and right on the dashboard.

Perhaps even "global gestures" that allow simply "slicing" an application from within any window to kill the process would be nice too.

This obviously means heavy modifications to hildon, hildon-desktop, hildon-home and probably the underlying recognition engine as well as whatever is overlayed on X between the WM, so I don't ever imagine this becoming possible.

[Joseph.skb]

I can not believe it took me a year to find out that holding the dashboard button while in application takes me straight to desktop... :D


Or you could also use (app) Shortcutd and configure the camera button to launch dashboard.

[Tedri Mark]

I can not believe it took me a year to find out that holding the dashboard button while in application takes me straight to desktop... :D

and me, after reading that....