Review Request: rename "import" action to "open as new"

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Tuesday 21 August 2012 Aug, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:

> This is small subset from cases when user would like to have access to
> history of edits. The extra command does not deliver this access but
> puts a kind of macro on top for on case.

Says you. I disagree. I also fail to understand why you attach such importance to so small a thing that doesn't even involve kexi.

> Let 'lost original content' is more general state. Please let's plan
> history of edits this or other way at some point if we really want to
> invest there (I am advertising this approach for the modern days of
> computer hardware).

Sorry, not interested. I don't care about finding wonderful new ways of doing document management because one thing is sure: users will _have_ it with a vengeance. Look at what is happening to gimp. I'm not going to be involved in that game, and I'm going to block any attempt to enforce it on the calligra applications.

> For now the office software expect some degree of self-awarness from
> users: there is  File->Versions (e.g. also in Libre Office). Combined
> with change tracking it's close to giving the user some control, but
> definitely it's not a tool that keep users safe from the " ctrl-s,
> ctrl-z, ctrl-z, ctrl-z, ctrl-z, ctrl-z, shit!" class mistakes :)

Irrelevant.

> In addition, I find it unlikely that users do not file bugs for
> established software on Mac of Windows - "Open as New" is clearly not
> existing there. 

I don't give a damn about that.

> Consider this as comfortable approach but this is a
> kind of measure too. As someone working in user-oriented support for
> Open Office for years - I haven't heard this particular complaint.

Yeah, you didn't, and I did... Anyway, I'll drop the patch for komain and just fix it for Krita myself.


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Boudewijn Rempt
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