Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp-2.8_Save and save as bad behavior

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

> > Why, in the "File->Save as..." dialog do other graphical file formats appear
> > in the file browsing?  If this is to be a consistent behavior, why taunt the
> > user (and his expectations) by showing them *.JPG and other files and then
> > not allow them to save in that format?  When you try, a dialog box comes up
> > saying "nope!  you want to do that, go do this other thing."  Imagine being
> > at an intersection on the road, then turning right only to find a sign
> > appears saying "you can't turn right here" *after* you made the turn
> > already!
> >
> > If the purpose is to upset people, then it's working.  If the purpose is to
> > educate people about something, then the message was lost with confusion and
> > negative emotional response.
>
> It is simply a bug which you could have reported without all the
> additional overreaction and speculation.

By the way, drc just made a good point on IRC that showing files like
JPG and PNG there allows easily picking an existing filename to call
the file after.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org