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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 16 13:10:31 +0000 2008 ------- >it would be interesting to hear why MSO 2007, Wordpefect 13, Photoshop, or Paint.net offer a permanently enabled save button/feature. Add AutoCAD to that list as well. Almost all major applications do this, not just MS Office. Those apps that disable the Save icon tends to be simpler applications, and even so, the apps that I consider to be simple always enable save, such as 'gedit'. One good reason for this is that it makes it simpler for all of us, the users and the developers. When you hit save, that's when the document gets saved, period. Consider the current OOo situation. We need to decide what change sets the document modified, and what change doesn't. It may be a simple decision but it's not always so simple. For example, rajko_m already pointed out that, when you type something into a cell in Calc, he considers it modified, but Calc doesn't consider that modified until you hit enter to commit the change. How about a cursor movement, zoom level change, switching the current page in Draw, switching the current sheet in Calc etc.? And even if you think the current situation is manageable, as the application grows larger and more complex, making such decision is not always an easy one. I could almost see us arguing back and forth on this every time a new feature/enhancement is made, whether or not that should set a document modified flag. And such decision becomes sometimes highly subjective, and non-obvious. What I see in this discussion is that the users need a way to see whether the document is "modified" or not. Keep in mind that even now, when OOo says the document is not modified, some values may have bee modified that need to be saved, and you just don't know about it. And working around this by "deleting" an empty cell etc. is to me simply lame. And this is not just an issue with disabled icon; when the icon is disabled, the save action itself is disabled. To me disabling the save icon just to show whether the document is modified or not (even though that information may not be accurate) is a lame excuse to disabling the save action itself. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
