On 3 Jul 2014 04:00, "Dirk Hohndel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 08:57:35AM -0700, Richard DePas wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Robert Helling <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > To get rid of any confusion we might rename the button to “Commit changes > > > to dive list”. Then nobody thinks anything is written to disk. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > > > Would a non-programmer really understand the difference between "Commit > > changes to dive list" and "Save to disk"? It may be understood the dive > > lists are on disk since the log file being opened is from disk. > > I'd change it to "Accept" and "Revert"
What if there were only a "Revert" (or undo) button, with accept being assumed otherwise once focus is lost. That saves us a click every edit - often more because I forget about it and get the popup reminding me. > > > Would it just make sense to save changes to dive lists automatically when > > changes are made and the dive is deselected - then prompt the user to save > > changes on exit of the program. Which would save them to disk as it does > > now with other changes? > > No, I really want the two layers of "Accept" and then "Save". I often > download my dives and start editing and adding things. If I mess something > up I just say "Cancel" (well, now maybe "Revert") and start again on the > last dive, without having to re-download everything. > > > Guess what I am stating is, can the edits in the dive list be automatic > > rather than manually popping open the Save/Cancel when a field is clicked > > on? > > See above. > > /D > _______________________________________________ > subsurface mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.hohndel.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
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