Re: [Proposal] Re: Auto-Export Collection and Settings Dialog

Heikki Toivonen <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:59:53 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.org.osaf.design
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Keith Winsor wrote:
> I'm inclined to agree with Heikki that 'check for upgrades' belongs on
> the Help menu, but backups...?  I've just checked a few of my apps at
> random and they're split between File>Backup and Tools>Backup. Chandler
> already has Tools>Repository>Backup, so maybe Tools>Backup should offer
> the option of 'Collections and Settings' and 'Repository'.
> 
> Also, would a typical user understand the subtleties of these two
> choices? Do we even need the two?

You should basically forget we even have a Tools menu. Most of the stuff
there is really just to help debug and test things. I bet most of it
will be gone when we put out 1.0 release. The real "backup" option is
the File > Export Collections and Settings... menu item.

-- 
  Heikki Toivonen

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