Re: [Usability] Save As or Export when going to lossey formats?

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 10:54:37PM -0300, Steven Garrity wrote:
> Curtis Hovey wrote:
> >I think this is a very good idea.  When using Gnumeric to save to a
> >format like CSV, I get a warning about loss.  When a format is being
> >transformed to a lossy format, I think the intent is to use the data for
> >another application--the term 'Export' reinforces the user's intent.
> >'Save As' should be reserved for formats that the application can manage
> >the data as it sees fit.
> 
> 
> I think I agree. The thing that has always bothered me about Save vs. 
> Export is that when you go to choose an action, you are left wondering 
> which formats are "Save" formats and which are "Export".
> 
> I'm not sure there's a good way around this.

Our experience has been that people do not like the distinction.
Older Gnumerics had save-as and export, and recieved regular bug
reports that the export formats were missing.