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> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:55:04 +0100 > From: simon budig de > To: gimp-user-list gnome org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save > > Daniel Hauck (daniel yacg com) wrote: > > "Owe"? Therein lies a kind of perspective concern. It's not a > > question of what is owed, but is what is wanted. The response to > > something which is wanted is what matters here. > > Wanted by whom? We had lots of users here expressing their desire in a > tone which clearly showed that they think they can demand from "the > developers" to implement the features they want. They seem to think that > they can threaten us with a switch to photoshop. [*] > > > The change is viewed by many as unwelcome. The responses to their > > wants are unkind and devoid of understanding. Can I play the "links or it didn't happen" card? Sometimes a few URL's can go a long way in stifling objections. > And to be specific regarding export-vs-save: > > ... > > And it is about a tiny change in the menus. Nobody seems to care about > the important stuff... 2.8's Save/export spec is, objectively speaking, a "breaking change" as it does limit the functionality of a previous command (even though the previous functionality still exists, just under a different command), and in this case it's an operation which is very strongly entrenched into any user's peculiar workflow. > To: gimp-user-list gnome org > From: jeff cjsa com > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:16:40 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save > > Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com> writes: > > >On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Burlen Loring wrote: > > >> In the nearly 10 years of using the gimp I can't think of a single time > >> where this would be useful. I've never had a problem differentiating > >> between xcf and other formats. That use case is covered quite nicely by > >> "save a copy". > > >But it isn't :) Anyone remember my (somewhat controversial) suggestion way back to merge "save a copy" with "export" since the only (user-visible) difference between them is the target file format? -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |