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While for the most part I agree with you, there are sometimes when it seems... appropriate. Take, for example, Google Docs. I'm used to hitting CTRL-S when work

While for the most part I agree with you, there are sometimes when it seems... appropriate. Take, for example, Google Docs. I'm used to hitting CTRL-S when working on just about any paper. If I had the save website dialog pop up every time I hit CTRL-S, I would start to get annoyed. I'm glad that Google Docs doesn't do that. A similar case can be made here.

yen223 12y ago
I can count with an amputated hand the number of times I had to save a website. Overriding the ctrl+S shortcut is the appropriate move here.
- coldpie 12y ago
  I wonder if the shortcut should be removed. Certainly some people use the feature, but it seems obscure enough that maybe we should pass that combination on to the website, instead.
  - krzysz00 12y ago
    The feature is rather useful for record-keeping purposes (also known as CYA).
    - wlesieutre 12y ago
      Though you get an html file and a folder with all the external assets, which I find to be pretty annoying. Safari did a single .webarchive file, but I don't think anyone else ever standardized on something like that. It often wrecks the layout, but I tend to print to PDF rather than deal with saved html files.
      - jarek 12y ago
        Opera and IE support MHTML (MIME HTML), it seems to work alright
      - cnvogel 12y ago
        Save-As writing bunch of resources, that when loaded back into the browser might even be broken by lack of external resources are also, in my oppinion, a bad way to keep evidence (e.g. CYA). If you need it to persuade a non-computer-savvy person of something stated on a website, I'd say a bunch of random files in a directory is also much less convincing than a "printed-to" pdf, or screenshots you can easily mail around. Regarding the .webarchive, I think IE supports another type of "web archive", with a .mht ending.
dredmorbius 12y ago
A website should save your work as you go. No fucking excuse.
- inyourtenement 12y ago
  In both cases, Google Docs and Medium, the website does save your work as you go. What is being discussed is the HUMAN habit of pressing Ctrl-S.
  - dredmorbius 12y ago
    Ah. I'd missed that point. Too used to G+ which fails in this case.

yen223 12y ago

I can count with an amputated hand the number of times I had to save a website. Overriding the ctrl+S shortcut is the appropriate move here.

coldpie 12y ago
I wonder if the shortcut should be removed. Certainly some people use the feature, but it seems obscure enough that maybe we should pass that combination on to the website, instead.
- krzysz00 12y ago
  The feature is rather useful for record-keeping purposes (also known as CYA).
  - wlesieutre 12y ago
    Though you get an html file and a folder with all the external assets, which I find to be pretty annoying. Safari did a single .webarchive file, but I don't think anyone else ever standardized on something like that. It often wrecks the layout, but I tend to print to PDF rather than deal with saved html files.
    - jarek 12y ago
      Opera and IE support MHTML (MIME HTML), it seems to work alright
    - cnvogel 12y ago
      Save-As writing bunch of resources, that when loaded back into the browser might even be broken by lack of external resources are also, in my oppinion, a bad way to keep evidence (e.g. CYA). If you need it to persuade a non-computer-savvy person of something stated on a website, I'd say a bunch of random files in a directory is also much less convincing than a "printed-to" pdf, or screenshots you can easily mail around. Regarding the .webarchive, I think IE supports another type of "web archive", with a .mht ending.

dredmorbius 12y ago

A website should save your work as you go. No fucking excuse.

inyourtenement 12y ago
In both cases, Google Docs and Medium, the website does save your work as you go. What is being discussed is the HUMAN habit of pressing Ctrl-S.
- dredmorbius 12y ago
  Ah. I'd missed that point. Too used to G+ which fails in this case.