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Mike Temporale
10-10-2006, 04:15 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=65' target='_blank'>http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=65</a><br /><br /></div><i>"A big challenge developers face are requirements given to them by OEMs (the people that make your hardware) and demands from folks like Microsoft and Palmsource. There are times when these requirements conflict with what we want to do or with what customers tell us they are looking for. Microsoft just put up a great blog post about one of these requirements (the missing Exit feature in Windows Mobile discussed at the Windows Mobile Blog). Having read that, I figured I would share a developer perspective on this often frustrating topic..."</i><br /><br />Over the weekend Rocco posted about the <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=78129">lack of a close option</a> and the reasons Mike Calligaro from Microsoft gives for it being that way. It's interesting to see and hear why Windows Mobile is that way. It's also interesting to read about how this effects software vendors. Marc from Ilium has posted on the Ilium blog about how the lack of a close option impacts their business and what they have to do about it. It's an interesting read. :)

Jerry Raia
10-10-2006, 04:20 PM
It is really amazing what an issue this is. Hey MS, just give us the darn close button already! :roll:

Macguy59
10-11-2006, 02:25 AM
It is really amazing what an issue this is. Hey MS, just give us the darn close button already! :roll:


I'll second and third that.

Jerry Raia
10-11-2006, 02:42 AM
It just seems like such a no brain-er to me. Why all this twisting and explanations? Give us the button!