On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: >> Why, in the "File->Save as..." dialog do other graphical file formats appear >> in the file browsing? If this is to be a consistent behavior, why taunt the >> user (and his expectations) by showing them *.JPG and other files and then >> not allow them to save in that format? When you try, a dialog box comes up >> saying "nope! you want to do that, go do this other thing." Imagine being >> at an intersection on the road, then turning right only to find a sign >> appears saying "you can't turn right here" *after* you made the turn >> already! >> >> If the purpose is to upset people, then it's working. If the purpose is to >> educate people about something, then the message was lost with confusion and >> negative emotional response. > > It is simply a bug which you could have reported without all the > additional overreaction and speculation.
By the way, drc just made a good point on IRC that showing files like JPG and PNG there allows easily picking an existing filename to call the file after. Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
