On 16 June 2012 18:54, Nicolas Robidoux <nicolas.robidoux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> - to really Save the contents of the file has to match what is >> on the screen (save, quit, restart, open file: no change--undo >> history excepted). this is not just a good idea, this is the law. >> breaking the law: usability blooper. > > Indeed, if "Save is lossless" is a law, "Save" has to be to XCF, and > something else has to be used to "save" to any other format. > > Nonetheless, I can't help but think that few people would buy a gun > that makes it hard to shoot yourself in the foot. > > No matter how sensical the feature. Most guns I know have the very sensible feature of a safety switch. It does make it harder to accidentally shoot oneself in the foot, but I have not heard very many people complain about it. Most guns also have a shield in front of the trigger, and require a substantial force to actually trigger. The ease of shooting oneself in the foot is severely hampered by this, but again I do not see many complain about it. > Because most of us like to shoot first and ask questions later. I think that "better safe than sorry" is a more sensible approach. One can in general not revive dead peop^Wdocuments. -- Jon Nordby - www.jonnor.com _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
