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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: ui guidelines clarification: Save As...
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-08-15 9:14:14
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On Friday 15 August 2003 00:33, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> 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?

Looks good.

Cheers,
Waldo
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