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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: usability issue: temporary folder should not be allowed as target
From:       Rex Dieter <rdieter () math ! unl ! edu>
Date:       2005-12-04 19:59:46
Message-ID: 43934C02.9050300 () math ! unl ! edu
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Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> Am Freitag, 4. November 2005 17:39, schrieb Rex Dieter:

>>Windows/Outlook solves this problem neatly (IMO) by making the temp file
>>read only, so that if the user modifies it, it gives a warning and/or
>>forces a Save-As.
> 
> 
> For the record: 
> It didn't those days when I got a report of someone who lost a full day work 
> by editing a word document opened from an attachment of an outlook email.

I should have been more clear:  This is Outlook 2003 behavior.

-- Rex
 
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