Closing applications

One of the strange things when we begin to interact with the Windows 8 touch interface is that there is no close button in any applicationthe same.

Today I am going to review the ways that exist to terminate this application that is eating up resources; and the reason for the statement that in Modern UI this action is practically unnecessary .

Closing applications in Modern UI

We are going to open an application to do the functional tests, and it cannot be other than the Store or Store (depending on the language). Which is possibly the quintessential application that all of Windows 8 has.

• The first way to close the application will be purely touch. I put my finger or mouse on the top of the screen and drag the window (which will resize) all the way to the bottom until it disappears.

• Now I'm going to use a way that is more comfortable with the mouse and that starts by getting the application bar, placing the cursor in the upper left cornerOnce the list of open applications has been displayed, placing myself on top of the chosen one, I press the right mouse button and choose Close.

• I go a step further in complexity and remove the Task Manager (Task Manager), either with Ctrl + Alt + Del , with Windows + X or by right-clicking on the desktop taskbar or with Ctrl + Alt + Del.Here, in the Processes tab, I see the application that is bothering me and close the task.

• And finally, the raw system: Alt + F4 and kill the application.

The funny thing is that ModernUI applications do not need to be closed since in their construction one of the things they have to certify is that behave according to what the new operating system expects.

An application, unless it is doing something, after a period of time remains in a suspended state, consuming a minimum amount of cpu and memory. And under certain conditions, it ends up closing itself automatically.

Thus, as if it were on a SmartPhone, we should not worry too much about closing applications... unless they are desktop .