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Originally Posted by starrigger
I wouldn't recommend that, which would be flying in the face of Windows standard icons. I would certainly interpret [x] as closing the app, not minimizing it. .
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I understand how you might have got that impression, because Windows Mobile doesn't make it easy to see the difference between a 'closed' application and a 'minimised' one. But, in fact, the normal Windows Mobile behaviour is that [x] minimises the application, but does not stop it. To actually stop an application on Windows Mobile, you need to either use an (application specific) 'close' or 'exit' option, or you need to find the application on the task list, and and kill it there. This is why Windows Mobile devices can get very sluggish after you've been using them for a while - you have a bunch of minimised applications still running, using up memory and processor cycles.
By the way, some Windows Mobile builds offer you an option to customise this behaviour (for instance, long-tap on [x] will stop the application; short-tap will just minimise it). Other builds don't do that.
Regards,
Jim