Adobe AIR Development

[T55555]

Hi,

Is there any UI guidlines ?

Does an application always need a "Close (Exit) App" button to close itself ?

I looked at many Playbook demo, most of app did not have a close button;

it seems to me that they get close either by swip to top, or

click the "home" button ? to minimize the app and a "X" button appears on the Top-right corner by the system to allow close the app.  ( you can test this behavior via simulator )

Thanks.

[Mike7081]

A close button is a waste of screen space and IMHO makes your app look unprofessional. Unless you're making a hello world app you don't need a close button.

[jtegen]

If you have an application bar that hides after a few seconds, a close button in the upper right would be a consistent look since the use would not know intuitively how to close the app without it.  And making them move the application to background to select the system close button is a needless extra step.

[Harry_Dodgson]

Hi,

I was going to put an 'Exit' button on my 'SwipeDown' menu until I realized that a SwipeDown then press takes the same amount of user actions as a SwipeUp and close.  So I took the button/function out of the app.

Harry

[jtegen]

Im not a big fan of overly restrictive UI guidelines, but in this area, it would be nice to know how BB would like to see this.  For example, all majority BB mobile applications have a "Close" choice in the menu.  Sometimes it might be the 200th item in the list, but it is there.

So, BB, is the "preferred" method of closing/quitting an application

1) A close/quit/exit button in the application bar

2) Swipe up to access system close button

[TheDarkIn1978]

i'm willing to assume that since the swipe-up + close-button gesture is built-in to the system they would prefer we use it.  this is how users will learn to minimize/close applications, so adding your own closing button on a maximized application could be both strange and redundant.

imagine a regular Windows 7 model window with a close button somewhere within the window frame.  it would look pretty silly since there is already a common, well known method for closing the window/application.

has anyone tried closing an application without the swipe-up + close-button gesture?  if there are other open applications what happens?  does it automatically minimize and close?  does it suddenly quit, possibly looking like it crashed?

[Harry_Dodgson]

A crashed app and a normal close look about the same to me.