Comment 44 for bug 558327

Personally speaking, I cannot think of any application that will destroy
data if you accidentally hit the close button. They will either prompt you
whether you wish to save first (OpenOffice, Gimp, Gedit, Evolution, the scan
app, ...) or they will be able to resume from where you left (Firefox,
Chromium, ...)

The "too easy to lose data" argument is a strawman at best.

2010/7/23 inane <email address hidden>

> There are at least as many people that think this fix is a bug itself:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/564749
>
> Let me express my logic here:
>
> 1. Button is too easy to hit.
>
> Ok, why is this a bug? The only possible reason I could think of is
> that it's too easy to hit and lose your data.
>
> So the question should be, why is it so easy to lose your data when you
> close an application?
>
> So the real but here should look like this:
>
> 1. Too easy to lose data when closing application.
>
> The solution for this is to make it so that applications PROTECT THE
> DATA BETTER.
>
> --
> Window close button is clickable anywhere in the corner
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558327
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> Status in “light-themes” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: light-themes
>
> The close button, now that it is in the corner, is too clickable because it
> is possible to click anywhere to the left of it and still activate it. That
> makes the close button quite a bit larger than the other two buttons, when
> it should be the same size. The space to the left of the button, between the
> button and the edge of the window, should not be clickable.
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