Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp 2.8.0 - Saving in .jpg or .png hmmmmm

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On 18/05/12 02:23, Nicolas Robidoux wrote:
> A long time ago, I suggested "save workspace" (to XCF) VS "save image"
> (into a "standard" image format, like png, ideally chosen with some
> awareness of past actions or the format of the main ingredients of the
> current image).

Hi Nicolas,

Now that is the best idea I've seen on this subject. xcf is not an image 
format since just about nothing else can read it. It is Gimp's internal 
format. Describing it as saving the gimp workspace is a lot closer to 
describing its real function and would instantly make sense.

In any other context opening a file and then saving it, the user will 
*expect to be saving the file* .  Why try to redefine what the world 
already does.

Calling it save workspace makes it instantly clear that it will not 
writing back to the source image and that any layers etc and work in 
progress will be safe.

Thus the user would realise what xcf is about and would not be confused 
by the interface insisting he saves as xcf  when he wants to save his png.

Despite the rest of the save/export argument this seems like damn good 
idea all round.

In fact if this had been thought of years ago, messing with File | Save 
 would probably not have been needed to force people to use xcf.

Chapeau, Nicolas.