> Do you actually ever need to open a new editor? Why not just start whatever editor you want when you boot up, and then open files in it?
Speaking only for myself and not the GP: due to a lifelong habit of putting things away when I'm finished with them, I always close windows and quit applications when I'm done using them for my current task.
> You probably don't shut down and start up your web browser every time you want to open a new site
Not literally every time I visit a new site, but yes, I quit my browser every time I'm finished with my current browsing session, even if I might end up launching it again in 10 minutes for a different reason.
> due to a lifelong habit of putting things away when I'm finished with them, I always close windows and quit applications when I'm done using them for my current task
...but that's not a need - that's a preference, a habit, with no root in any utility or tradeoff.
> but yes, I quit my browser every time I'm finished with my current browsing session
That puts you in the minority of tech users, at least, if not computer users in general.
> That puts you in the minority of tech users, at least, if not computer users in general.
Is that an anecdote or is that assertion derived from some study?
I, too, close all windows/processes when I'm through with use. The overwhelming majority of people I've worked with have all done the same; of course that is anecdotal.
Speaking only for myself and not the GP: due to a lifelong habit of putting things away when I'm finished with them, I always close windows and quit applications when I'm done using them for my current task.
> You probably don't shut down and start up your web browser every time you want to open a new site
Not literally every time I visit a new site, but yes, I quit my browser every time I'm finished with my current browsing session, even if I might end up launching it again in 10 minutes for a different reason.