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Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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Re: Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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elAhmo wrote: post #4
tl wrote: post #3

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applicatio…

Doesn't Skype have the same behaviour? Clicking "X" doesn't close the application.

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Re: Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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Post by 654wak654 »

elAhmo wrote: post #4
tl wrote: post #3

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applicatio…

Doesn't Skype have the same behaviour? Clicking "X" doesn't close the application.

Skype is the reason this behavior was popularized in VoIP apps. TeamSpeak and Mumble have a setting that allows this too, because people got used to Skype not shutting down after clicking "X".

Re: Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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Post by mrtksn »

tl wrote: post #3

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applicatio…

I like the CMD+Q Chrome implementation on macOS and would like to see it everywhere, essentially acts as a confirmation since it will quit if you press again or your do a long press.

See, Apple put @ on Q on some languages[0] and you are required to press OPTION+Q to type @ and quite often you end up closing the app when you are trying to type an e-mail address. It's particularly annoying in browsers when you accidentally close the browser when you are about to complete a long form. I've overwritten the CMD-Q for Safari due to this particular reason.

[0] https://i.imgur.com/bx6XsIh.png

Re: Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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Post by occamrazor »

numlock86 wrote: post #10
tl wrote: post #3

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applicatio…

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applicatio…

I think Teams shows a pop-up the first time its window is closed.

Re: Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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Post by bovermyer »

raverbashing wrote: post #2

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. > DISCORD's behavior is different and may lead to users being heard by other members in the voice room when they thought they had left. Yeah, that's bad I'm not such a…

I'm not fond of regulatory agencies defining what constitutes an acceptable password policy.

Also, regulatory agencies mandating UI designs - while in this case fairly innocuous - leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Re: Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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Post by ttyyzz »

tl wrote: post #3

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applicatio…

> does Alt-F4 not do the right thing on Windows?

Alt+F4 does close the application, "X-ing" it however puts it into the system tray and it remains active, which bothered me from the first day i've been using it.

Re: Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR

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Post by mrpotato »

tl wrote: post #3

> When a user logged into a voice room closes the DISCORD application window by clicking on the "X" icon at the top right of the window in Microsoft Windows, they actually just put the application in the background and stay logged into the voice room. However, in Microsoft Windows, clicking on the "X" at the top right of the last visible application window will exit the application for the vast majority of applicatio…

Yes, Alt+F4 does close the application (no more process). Clicking on the X closes the window and moves the icon to the system tray, effectively hiding the icon and making the icon on the task bar disappear (or if pinned seem like the application isn't running).

Anecdotally, I rarely use alt+f4 to close a window.

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