do not count opening file as a change

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macias
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do not count opening file as a change

Post by macias » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:03 am

Currently when you open a file and you want to close immediately there is a question dialog if the user want to save changes. But there were no changes made.

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Re: do not count opening file as a change

Post by straightupwv » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:44 pm

When you open a file, Audacity wants to start a new project. It's not asking if you want to save changes to the file; it's asking if you want to save the changes to your new project.
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Re: do not count opening file as a change

Post by macias » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:07 pm

Nevertheless the question in such case could be spared. Opening project and opening a file takes the same amount of time and clicks. There is no gain there, but there is a loss -- user has to click every time to confirm his decision when closing.

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Re: do not count opening file as a change

Post by steve » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:34 pm

macias wrote:Currently when you open a file and you want to close immediately there is a question dialog if the user want to save changes.
macias wrote:-- user has to click every time to confirm his decision when closing.
You mean the user has to confirm his indecision. :D
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Re: do not count opening file as a change

Post by macias » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:45 pm

stevethefiddle wrote:
macias wrote:Currently when you open a file and you want to close immediately there is a question dialog if the user want to save changes.
macias wrote:-- user has to click every time to confirm his decision when closing.
You mean the user has to confirm his indecision. :D
I am lost -- what do you mean? (*)

Example: you have to merge 200 files, in that way you merge first 10 as 1, next ten as second, and so on. How do you do this? Copy&paste? Then you have to click 190 times without any reason.

Bottom line is -- this question is no gain (in the case described previously), quite vice versa, thus --> this wish.

(*) and I don't see anything wrong in opening file, listening to it, realizing it is not the one, and closing it.

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