On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Owen Williams wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:15:06 -0500 > From: Owen Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and > GNOME (Summit mockups) > > Why is there a difference between "export" and "save as"? I can think > of implementation-specific reasons for the separation, but no > user-centric reasons.
Start with mydocument1.blah Save as mydocument2.blah now you are working on mydocument2.blah Export as mydocument2.blah you are still working on mydocument1.blah Gnome uses Export and "Save a copy" synonymously. Hope that answers your question. Sincerely Alan Horkan Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Dia http://gnome.org/projects/dia/ Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
