Re: [Gramps-users] another "Save as"/export proposal

[Stephen F. <slf...@ea...>]

Oops replied only to Felix.

On Aug 24, 2004, at 6:24 PM, Stephen Fisher wrote:

> I'm with Felix. Think proposal is good and don't see any issue with 
> confusing users.
>
>
> On Aug 24, 2004, at 3:12 PM, Felix Roennebeck wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> first of all: I like the idea to be able to work directly on GEDCOM 
>> files.
>>
>>> I would propose exactly this setup:
>>> 1. "Save as" for three native formats: grdb, XML, and GEDCOM.
>>>   This option would end up in editing the newly saved file
>>> 2. Export for all formats.
>>>   This option would save the data and lay it away, not editing it.
>>>
>> I think, this proposal is good.
>>
>>> The major questions are: is this going to be confusing to new users?
>>>
>> Why should they? This is a behaviour that we know from a big spectrum 
>> of software. "SAVE" tells me, that I save my current work, "EXPORT" 
>> tells me, that the data leaves the context of the program (that's 
>> probably why it is called export ;). It should be pretty clear, that 
>> you can't necessarily import that data again. E.g. nobody expects to 
>> be able to edit a PDF that he has "exported" from his text processor.
>>
>>> Are there ways to make it less confusing?
>>>
>> At least for me it is pretty clear.
>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>> Thanks for that feature to come.
>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>> best regards
>> /Felix
>>
>>
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