To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104879 Issue #|104879 Summary|make automatic backups turned on by default Component|framework Version|OOO310m9 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|ui Assigned to|tm Reported by|mickelliot
------- Additional comments from mickell...@openoffice.org Tue Sep 8 08:48:39 +0000 2009 ------- I would like to politely request that developers make automatic backups turned on by default. I have spent many hours writing an important document on a laptop. My laptop battery ran down to zero and the laptop switched itself off. I believe this occurred, by chance, at the same time that OpenOffice Writer was doing an auto-save. When I restarted my computer I found that the active document had been corrupted (I opened it in a hex editor and found that it consisted of a large number of zeros). I appreciate that this issue might be uncommon, but I was horrified to discover that no backups of my document exist anywhere on my computer. I found that the saving of automatic backups is by default turned off, and will only occur if the user explicitly sets a flag in the preferences dialog. I suspect that most users will only discover this option once a file has already been lost! I therefore request that developers consider making auto-backups, by default, turned on. Best wishes, Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@framework.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@framework.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
