There is no doubt that users get creative using software. They worked out a solution for one kind of software and try to reproduce that for another one.
But GIS software is not like an image or word application. GIS applications combine data from several sources. And as users tend to make a mess on their harddrive (just remember the discussion about how to do version management properly) I think it's better to know the origin of data. If I wouldn't do it that way QMapShack wouldn't know what file to update on a device. And it wouldn't warn me that I try to load two versions of the same project. At the end of the day I value that much more than some dorky user's habits. Anyway, QMapShack offers a proper way to handle that situation. The workspace is the place to work on data. That's why it is called workspace. The harddrive is the place to store data. And it's the wrong place to dublicate data. Do it in the workspace. That's what it's good for. If you don't like that use MapSource or Basecamp that appends your item's names by funny suffix numbers to avoid clashes. I don't think that is the better solution and I occasionally read about users startled by it. But hey, that is just my personal point of view. Am Dienstag, 5. Juli 2016, 10:29:57 schrieb rainerU: > Am 05.07.2016 um 08:11 schrieb Oliver Eichler: > > Imho there is no benefit in saving a file with a different name just to > > reload it at once. Why don't you create a new project and copy what ever > > you need into it? By that it will have a unique ID. > > My understanding of "save to..." in all kind of applications is: take an > existing document/graphics/track/..., make some modifications and save it to > a new file. My main concern is that users who do that and are not aware of > QMS's unique ID mechanism will end up with a situation they do not > understand, i.e. two GIS files that can not be loaded at the same time for > some obscure reason (from their point of view). > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San > Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries > present their vision of the future. This family event has something for > everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. > http://sdm.link/attshape > _______________________________________________ > Qlandkartegt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
