Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add separate "Append to file" button
Chris Siebenmann <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:11:28 -0400
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| What about labelling the buttons | | "Save to file (append)" | and | "Save to file" | | This should be sufficiently clear to all users. I don't think that this is at all safe for existing users. I expect them to reflexively use the 'Save to file' option that they have been using for some time without slowing down to notice that there is now a new button with a related-looking title, reading the title, and then inferring that because the new button specifically says '(append)' that this means that 'Save to file' now does *not* append. Getting it right is a multi-step process that requires people to apply indirect logic to work out what 'Save to file' now does. I think that this is not a good idea and is not going to work in practice. I would expect even new users to have problems working out what's going on and I doubt existing users will notice until they lose data. - cks