[duxuser] Re: Autosave - was - dbt setup
- From: Ann Foxworth <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:51:39 -0600
I am in full agreement that autosave in some form would be helpful in DBT.
I'm interested in a recovery type save which would give me my almost current
doc if my pc crashed, which, for folks who use a screen reader happens all
too often. That feature and undo are the most crucial ones I'm pushing for
right now.
Ann Foxworth, Computer Braille Specialist
Texas Commission for the Blind
4800 N. Lamar BLVD Suite # 130
Austin, TX 78756
PH: (512) 377-0654
-----Original Message-----
From: George Bell [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:48 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Autosave - was - dbt setup
Hi Catherine,
I suspect the "autosave" process is misunderstood. There are actually a
number of processes involved here.
Here's what ACTUALLY happens - certainly as far as Word is concerned.
1) When you start editing a document on Word, you are actually editing a
COPY of your original file, NOT the actual file. Only when you purposely
Save, is your original file overwritten.
2) If you have "autosave" active, it actually creates a new file, different
from the temporary file with a dot asd extension. This is like a snapshot
in time, taken at intervals you specify.
3) If you do NOT have autosave active, then "auto-recover" takes over and
finds the temporary file, or you have the option to use the last saved
version.
In theory, if you have a brown out (power cut) you are able to recover to a
very recent stage, or use your original file.
As regards what will be the default, the jury is still out. Personally, I
favour one of these pop up windows, which says, "Do you want to activate
Auto-save? - Yes/No", and for the benefit of users who get fed up with being
asked, an option which says "Don't show me this window again!"
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Catherine Thomas [mailto:braille@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 November 2002 21:49
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: dbt setup
>
>
> Auto-save is a case and point. If this feature were part of DBT, some
> would like it and some would not. If autosave was the
> default, some people
> would have problems because files were being saved with
> changes they never
> intended to save. If autosave were not the default, some
> users might like
> to have it. Without a document however, showing the different
> defaults and
> options, there would be questions and problems all over the list from
> users getting braille reults they did not want and not knowing why.
> Catherine
>
>
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> -Catherine Thomas
> braille@xxxxxxxxx /
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