Re: Textease: Why is it undervalued?

In message <slrnec9p76.jn4.andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Andrew Flegg <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2006-07-24, Chris de Cordova <decordova@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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There is a save icon on the button bar which has always opened a
'save as' dialogue, just like the Acorn one, to specify where to save
to and what filename to use.

This has just been changed to an auto save with no dialogue, no
chance of re-thinking or changing its name to version1, version2 etc.

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So now, when I put a work*** in a common area of the network, tell
the kids to save their completed version under their own name,
Textease now allows them to accidentally all overwrite each other's
work, in turn. And they have no copy of it.

Presumably, though, it acts like any other application and if the
original file is locked *then* brings up a "Save as" dialogue?

Simply set the appropriate permissions on the master copy on the network
drive and no-one need change their behaviour. If this doesn't work,
you've got ground to complain, IMHO.

Surely when anybody (let alone children) are beginning to use computers,
whether running Windows or RISC OS, consistency is most important? The
fact that the Windows version acts like Windows applications is more
important than a prior RISC OS application acting like a RISC OS
application on Windows.

Chers,

Andrew

No! When using a network and 30 children all saving the same named
file - only the last file is saved - 29 children lose theirs! It
should be reset to normal behaviour by bringing up a save dialogue and
children knowing they must save into their own workspace/folder.
That's how we do it - from 7 years old!

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Dave Wisnia, Leeds


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