The Old New Thing

Why is the Close button in the upper right corner?

May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012 05/22/12

Raymond Chen

Chris wants to know how the close button ended up to the right of the minimize and maximize/restore buttons. "In OS/2, it is on the left, which left the two other buttons in place." I don't know why the Close button went to the upper right instead of going to the left of the other buttons, but I'm going to guess. (That's what I do around ...