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

> *sigh*  I guess the mis-use is very much prevalent.


I was not aware that the Status Bar communicated save-status. 

I suspect the majority of LO users are also not aware of this. It is easy to see why users have 
adopted a "mis-use" of the Save Icon, assuming it is a mis-use. Users have an icon they click to 
save a document. It is a fairly well sized icon. Whey they go to click the icon and it is grayed 
out, no save is possible. No save possible = nothing is in need of saving. Hence the icon becomes a 
"communicator" as well as a "saver." Whether a correct judgment or not, it is a common induction 
people are making. 

But you say it is not reliable to rely on the save icon to show modification status? That the 
status bar is a more accurate indicator of this?







> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-design] "Document Saved" indicator
> From: kohei.yoshida@gmail.com
> To: design@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 22:57:33 -0400
>
> On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 22:54 -0400, Jay Lozier wrote:
> > 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. 

> Since we are now going in circles, I'll resign myself from further
> discussion.
>
> Have a nice day.
>
> Kohei
>
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