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That may have been true years ago in win 95 or xp days. The modern paradigm starting with google docs is that things are automatically saved and even always sha
by dsego 3y ago
That may have been true years ago in win 95 or xp days. The modern paradigm starting with google docs is that things are automatically saved and even always sharable through the cloud, making manual saving actually an atavistic leftover of a bygone era.
- iggldiggl 3y agoWhat if I actually don't want any changes saved because I've only opened a document for reference purposes?
- ReactiveJelly 3y agoHave a "Read-only" checkbox. For the love of God, have a "read-only" checkbox.
- ghkbrew 3y agoThen you proactively prevent changes. Either "open a copy" or "open in readonly mode". If you make saving the default you have to manually not save. It's a trade off versus default no saves with manual saves
- NavinF 3y agoModern apps like gdocs have a toggle for switching between read-only, suggest changes, and editing. If you forgot to toggle, you can just open version history and revert. MS Office also had version history for nearly a decade.