[macintosh007]

1)is there any application to show the active window like we used to do in windows and clicking the last window of that application closes the application completely i think here the windows have apoint over mac osx in mac os evneif we close teh window the aplication stiil is active on the dock i don't want to use the shortcuts as they r very clumsy

2)HOW TO PUT THE MAXIMIZE ,MINIMIZE AND CLOSE BUTTONS OF WINDOW ON TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE APPLICATION WINDOW. I THINK IT IS LOT MORE EASY FOR THE RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE AS MOST OF US ARE

[PurpleGiant]

1) This is by design. If iTunes is open and playing my music, I can close it's window and have it keep playing. If Mail is open, checking my mail in the background, I can close its window and have it keep checking Mail.

If you want to quit an application, just press cmd-q. Not so hard.

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[mchladek]

1) Like PG said, that's the way Mac apps work. That's what I love about the Mac platform. You close windows, but quit an application.

2) Can't be done to my knowledge. But again, why would you want to do that? Just to make the OS look like Windows? Most UI elements of an app and menu items are left justified. Why not put the widgets on the left too? By your logic, shouldn't the Start menu of Windows be on the right side?

[Chuckit]

If you want Windows, you're using the wrong OS. You need to use the Mac on its own terms rather than turning it into something it isn't.

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Sorry but these are the most trivial of complaints about os x. Either you learn to live with, and eventually love, these features or you go back to PC land imo.

[lngtones]

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