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Re: [Audacity-quality] Exporting audio files
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From: Cliff S. <fly...@gm...> - 2017-11-08 17:22:36
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> On Nov 8, 2017, at 11:02 AM, Peter Sampson <pet...@gm...> wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm... <mailto:ste...@gm...>> wrote:
> On 8 November 2017 at 16:17, Paul Licameli <pau...@gm... <mailto:pau...@gm...>> wrote:
> > I'll go on record disliking "Save other," but that's only one voice.
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> and just one voice from me too, hence the reason for raising the matter on-list.
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> In my production use of Audacity I find myself increasingly disliking the two clicks to get to the Exports
> and indeed, even now having to remember to use Save Other (a "Save" command to make an "Export").
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> Firing up 2.1.3 again makes me long for the key Export commands (Audio, Multiple, Selected).
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> In 2.2.0/2.2.1 I do not value the Export as MP3, Export as WAV and Export as OGG, always using the
> Export Audio.
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> I see no reason not to pul at least Export Audio and Export Multiple to the top level of the File Menu and
> replacing the !"Save Other" with "Export Other".
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> This is my user-POV
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> Peter
I agree. Export Multiple is a very commonly used function and having on the top level would be great as far as I'm concerned. Export Audio is something I rarely use so it doesn't make any difference to me personally. The saving grace now is memorizing the keyboard shortcut to Export Multiple.
Cliff
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> > Maybe Forum should decide, but maybe you get a biased sample, those
> > disliking the change more likely to say so.
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> Most definitely so, but more than just "not liking the change". We are
> getting feedback that users are confused by the fact that they can't
> find where / how to export.
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> We do have to remember, as you Steve used to point out to Gale, that a small no of posters on the Forum
> is a *very* small sample of our user base.
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> One of the posters today did ask about customizable menus - is that still in your thinking James?
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> Peter.
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> > I do not require or prohibit this change. If someone decides to change it,
> > I hope you reuse an already internationalized string _("Export") so .pot
> > doesn't need another update.
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> Good point.
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> Steve
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> > PRL
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> > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:13 AM, James Crook <cr...@in... <mailto:cr...@in...>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 11/8/2017 3:50 PM, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 8 November 2017 at 15:40, James Crook <cr...@in... <mailto:cr...@in...>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Doer decides? You can change it - though perhaps formally get Paul's OK
> >>>> to
> >>>> do it since he is (or will be) 2.2.1 RM? I care about the menus being
> >>>> much
> >>>> better organised than they were, not about every single detail. And if
> >>>> you
> >>>> do change it, you'll be taking responsibility for all those
> >>>> inexperienced
> >>>> users who don't find how to 'Save' as wav!
> >>>
> >>> Sure, but we're a team, right?
> >>> We have some (admittedly limited) feedback, and I've cast my 2c.
> >>>
> >>> Yes I agree that the menu reorganisation is the more important (and
> >>> much improved) part, so just talking details here.
> >>>
> >>> What do others think? "Save Other" or "Export" or something else?
> >>> Assuming that the rest of the File menu remains the same, I'm +1 for
> >>> "Export"
> >>
> >> If we're voting I'm -1 on it changing from "Save Other" - but if it were
> >> just us two voting and no one else, then I think it should change. I think
> >> I am right in my choice, but I don't think you are terribly misguidedly
> >> wrong in yours, and the (small) inconvenience to inexperienced users matters
> >> less to me than you wanting to change it, because of feedback you have
> >> received, and not being able to.
> >>
> >> By contrast I do care a lot more about record-beside and record-below,
> >> which we also disagree on. If it came to a vote I would put energy into
> >> getting consensus on my side about record-beside being the default.
> >>
> >> --James.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>>> By the way, I would also like to condense the two optional extra-menus
> >>>> into
> >>>> one. However, if I do that it's for 2.2.2 rather than 2.2.1 given the
> >>>> timescales.
> >>>>
> >>>> --James.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 11/8/2017 3:04 PM, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We're getting quite a few people asking how to export a normal audio
> >>>>> file.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It would seem that renaming "Export" as "Save Other" has created as
> >>>>> much confusion as it resolved.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My personal view is that with the current File menu layout, the least
> >>>>> confusing would be to rename "Save Other" back to "Export". Imo, the
> >>>>> reduced size of the menu and improved menu order does enough to draw
> >>>>> attention to the Export menu item without removing the "E" word.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Steve
> >>
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