Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add separate "Append to file" button

On Wednesday 13 June 2012 10:11:28 am Chris Siebenmann wrote:
> | 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.

+1

Randy Kramer