Rodney Tamblyn wrote:
>
> I lost some work in a stack the other day because I selected cmd + q
> and forgot to select save first.
>
> It seems to me that Metacard should prompt user to save if there are
> unsaved changes in a stack before quitting. I say this because it is
> standard in nearly every other software product I've ever used. As far
> as I can see, this doesn't happen at the moment in Metacard.
I think MC will ask about saving if you try to close the stack window
with the close box, but not at any other time.
I definitely agree that MC should provide a warning before quitting if
the stack has been changed. This was one of the major causes of lost
work for me in MetaCard for the first year, coming as I do from a
HyperCard background where one never had to think about saving work. I
have trained myself now to save frequently, but I still sometimes lose
work inadvertently. I believe it is one of the issues that causes
newcomers to perceive MetaCard's interface as poorly designed.
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