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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    ui guidelines clarification: Save As...
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-08-14 22:33:12
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Hi...

applications that allow saving of the contents of what they display but not 
the editting of the content itself (Konqueror, kmail, KGhostView), they offer 
a Save As.. option but no Save... 

in addition, Save As... is usually bound to the save accel (Ctrl+S by 
default)... though some apps such as kghostview do not do this.

i'd like to ammend the UI guidelines to codify this behaviour:

"If the application only offers a read-only view or if the data in the main 
document area can never be saved back to the original source, Save As... 
should be the only saving option offered in the File menu. It should also be 
bound to the default save keyboard accelerator. The Save... entry is only 
appropriate when files can be opened, editted and then saved back to the 
original file."

any comments?

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Aaron J. Seigo
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