Help question about shutting down apps

[benner]

for the most part, whenever i run an app, i close it, then immediately open advanced task killer and shut it down to spare some memory. am i missing something? i have a lot of apps to entertain my son in a pinch (14 months old) like bubbles and a block puzzle game and a couple videos etc... and if any of them are running in the background, the phone gets pretty sluggish. (i am running galaxhero 1.1)

is there any better way?

 

[Andronix]

taskiller widget kills all nonignored apps.

btw i noticed that app continues using cpu if you exit via home button instead back button.

 

[MichaelW]

Your best option is to ignore these task killer apps. I used to use the widget to kill all apps routinely before locking my phone again. I've not bothered using it for a long time now.

Have I seen any difference in phone usage speed or battery life? Not that I can see. They're just not needed.