I didn't imply otherwise? Did you mean to reply to the gp comment? I'd say both behaviours could be equally surprising to any user, regardless of their previou

I didn't imply otherwise? Did you mean to reply to the gp comment? I'd say both behaviours could be equally surprising to any user, regardless of their previous OS biases but either way that's not really related to the point I was making. I was just saying that an inexperienced user will notice technical details less (e.g. the ramifications of processes continuing to run in the background without windows, the dock status indicators showing they're still open, the fact they show up in the app switcher, etc.) and as such won't be inclined to "take control" of that default behaviour in a way that an experienced user might, due to their heightened awareness of it.