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No. I value a meaningful "Last updated at" timestamp. If I open a word document, redact a few bits, save to PDF and close it - I don't want my changes saved bu
by porker 3y ago
No. I value a meaningful "Last updated at" timestamp.
If I open a word document, redact a few bits, save to PDF and close it - I don't want my changes saved but they are (real scenario from last week. I'd only just moved the file into Onedrive so autosave had turned itself on)
Ditto sorting and filtering spreadsheets.
Software engineers: By all means save in the background so I never lose anything, but don't assume I want the latest changes.
- rmbyrro 3y agoWhat you want, then, is versioning of your documents. MS Office and Google Suite do that. This is not trivial to implement, though. Complexity will depend a lot of the application and the data. I'd say it'll only make sense for mature apps. A startup will most likely don't consider this in its roadmap.