Why is there no Close button or menu item on Pocket PC?
Microsoft’s design guidelines and “Designed for Pocket PC” logo requirement for Pocket PC state that user must not be able to close the application themselves and that there is no Close “X” button or a File->Exit menu. This is because by design the programs keep running until the device runs out of resources and applications are then shut down automatically. This saves the user from having to manage applications. It is a nice idea but caused a lot of controversy since most Pocket PC users are also Windows users and expect to be able to close their programs. Microsoft seem to have had a change of heart with the introduction of Pocket PC 2002, although the re-introduced close button usually only hides the application. The close button is still permissible in H/PC but was removed for this platform as well by mistake in version 5.3 but works again from version 5.6 onwards.
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