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Nothing? Autosave + undo supercedes "save". The "save" operation needed to be explicit on 1980s computers because nursing the floppy controller was a stop the w
by meltedcapacitor 4y ago
Nothing? Autosave + undo supercedes "save". The "save" operation needed to be explicit on 1980s computers because nursing the floppy controller was a stop the world operation -- a long solved problem.
- tjoff 4y agoNo thanks. I want writing to "disk" to be explicit. Automatically save a copy that you can recover from, sure, but let the user decide when and if to save it for real.
- MerelyMortal 4y agoOr at the very least show a list of save points with user-defined points highlighted.
- badsectoracula 4y agoAutosave is an awful idea, making modifications to existing files, creating new files "in memory" that i throw away (i.e. not saving them at all) and of course making many modifications that i decide later to save under a different name are things i do all the time with all sorts of programs. If i want something to be stored in permanent storage i explicitly request that with the Save or Save As functionality. That is not to say that an autosave functionality is always useless, it can be useful -e.g.- for recovering from program failures, but not as a replacement for the explicit Save/Save As functionality.
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- jimjimjim 4y agoHow would you save to another location? How do you save something to a usb stick? How do you save as to a different format while keeping the original?
- CamperBob2 4y agoRight idea but you're about 100 years ahead of your time. For now, thanks but no thanks.