Bug#289800: openoffice.org: autosave is not enabled by default?!?!?!?!?!?!
On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 16:59 +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> severity 289800 wishlist
> retitle 289800 openoffice.org: please enable autosave per default
> thanks
>
> Lee Revell wrote:
> > Package: openoffice.org
> > Version: 1.1.3-4
> > Severity: critical
> > Justification: causes serious data loss
>
> No, this is *not* critical.
>
> > I was SHOCKED and ENRAGED to find that OpenOffice does not enable the
> > auto save functionality by default. My machine crashed today and I lost
> > a whole day's worth of work on my resume.
>
> You don't save sometime in between?
>
No I didn't. I stupidly assumed the default behavior would be
reasonable. Every version of M$ Office I can remember has autosaved by
default. I mean, the "help agent" and auto spell check are enabled by
default for christ's sake. This certainly implies that the other
defaults are similar to a default M$ office install.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment
Lee
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