Re: [libreoffice-design] "Document Saved" indicator

On 05/31/2012 10:29 PM, Coheir Yoshi wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:13 PM, nick rundy <nrundy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > A grayed out Save Indicator is not superfluous!
> >
> > I find this EXTRAORDINARILY useful to know whether I have added new material to a document or 
> > whether I'm dealing with the previously saved version. The grayed out Indicator communicates 
> > this in a very simple manner. It's perfect.
> You can achieve the same thing with the status indicator in the status
> bar.  You just have to point your eye to a different spot.
>
> > The grayed out Save Indicator is one of the best features of Writer!
> A grayed out icon is no feature other than to convey the fact that the
> action associated with that particular icon is disabled.  A save icon
> being disabled does NOT equal a document is modified; it simply means
> that the save action is disabled.  No more, no less.
The grayed out Save button in LO also indicates that the document in
unchanged since the last change. This is a very handy at a glance
feature to know the save status.
> Kohei


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