• NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
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    2 hours ago

    No, please no. I hate auto save. I don’t mind choosing to turn it on, sometimes it’s warranted, but to have it forced on? Fuck that.

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      2 hours ago

      “Saving” is a legacy that was introduced because of limitations related to storage in the early days of computing and makes no inherent sense within the metaphors most software operate. Broken metaphors makes things difficult to learn.

      When was the last time you scribbled onto a physical document and the changes “didn’t save”? Do you also hate “autosave” in the physical world?