On Saturday 18 September 2004 05:30 pm, Guillaume Laurent wrote: > Following up on Silvan's last comment on bug 1027289 (Composition > modification meaning), I suggest we let the 'Save' action always enabled > (that won't solve the bug itself of course, we still need to maintain the > 'modified' status of a document). > > KDE apps are supposed to behave this way, and according to David Faure with > whom I had discussed the issue, the reason is that not being able to save a > doc any time is somehow confusing to the user (like he may accidentaly > delete the file he just saved, and he can't save it again right away).
I agree, actually. On the one hand, it's somewhat convenient having a visual reminder that I have saved all my changes, but on the other, I do find times when I want to save a file because I want to save the file right now, dammit, and not being able to do so just really pisses me off. Is there some have your cake and eat it too solution? It would certainly be possible to enable/diable some other graphical dongle to indicate whether the document has been modified. Something in the status bar perhaps? The status bar really could use help anyway. I've looked at it for so long I no longer question it, but why the hell does it always have 0% displayed on it? 0% doing what? Anyway, to have the best impact, whatever modified status indicator would have to be something that would fit in logically with the rest of the interface. Having a stray little LED off in the corner would fit the bill, but would it be effective? That's starting to sound like a redesign though. The save thing would be a redesign of sorts also, but I'd be prepared to argue it should, in fact, be changed prior to 1.0. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
