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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: usability issue: temporary folder should not be allowed as target
From:       Manuel Amador <dragonfear () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-11-24 14:30:03
Message-ID: 74aaf7f40511240630n23e4b0b6jec0b5d1d46e56d9 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Not really, because the user then wil have the save as box appear with the
temporary folder as the directory of choice.

On 11/2/05, Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
>
> Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> > opening an attachment of kmail with kword seems to transfer the file
> first to
> > a temporary folder and then opens it - (with a different name than the
> > atachment - bad enough). saving this file KDE proposes the temporary
> folder.
> >
> > If the user saves the document there - and closes the session, the
> document is
> > gone (and the user is upset)
>
> Agreed.  Simple fix:  make the temporary file read-only.  That way, it
> forces the user to so a save-as.
>
> -- Rex
>
>
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Not really, because the user then wil have the save as box appear with the temporary \
folder as the directory of choice.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/2/05, \
<b class="gmail_sendername">Rex Dieter</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:rdieter@math.unl.edu"> \
rdieter@math.unl.edu</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;">Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:<br>&gt; opening an attachment of kmail \
with kword seems to transfer the file first to <br>&gt; a temporary folder and then \
opens it - (with a different name than the<br>&gt; atachment - bad enough). saving \
this file KDE proposes the temporary folder.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; If the user saves the \
document there - and closes the session, the document is <br>&gt; gone (and the user \
is upset)<br><br>Agreed.&nbsp;&nbsp;Simple fix:&nbsp;&nbsp;make the temporary file \
read-only.&nbsp;&nbsp;That way, it<br>forces the user to so a save-as.<br><br>-- \
Rex<br><br><br>&gt;&gt; Visit <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub"> \
http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> to unsubscribe \
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