Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Spotlight & Other Changes in Mavericks Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:43:51 -0800 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <2013110215163944927-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2013110216432269775-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <021120131957548036%nospam@nospam.invalid> <021120131946412169%michelle@michelle.org> <031120130840429532%foo@bar.com> <031120131328190591%nospam@nospam.invalid> <031120131200429610%foo@bar.com> <151120130916472532%YourName@YourISP.com> <151120131901069202%YourName@YourISP.com> <27cbd04e-59a2-4c81-a00b-3e863e59acea@googlegroups.com> <161120131141233243%YourName@YourISP.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1384623832 28225 127.0.0.1 (16 Nov 2013 17:43:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:43:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:52355 On 2013-11-16 17:30:56 +0000, Wes Groleau said: > On 11-16-2013, 07:14, bob wrote: >> Back to where >> we started, the idea that computer user has to actively intervene by >> carrying out a specific action in order to save progress when working on >> a document is an inefficiency the removal of which offers an improvement >> in efficiency. > No, it is an attempt to impose everywhere, including where it's not > needed, a piss-poor version of what is already in use where it is > needed, i.e., configuration management and version control. I agree that it's a generally "piss-poor version" of revision management. What I don't see is how it's much of an imposition. Ignore it. Flip the "ask to revert document" button in Prefs->General. Sure, it should be optional. And certainly one should at least be able to turn it on or off with granularity - system-wide, at the app level, and additionally, at the document level. And I strongly believe that Auto-Lock should be brought back (again, optional, and with the same granularities as indicated above). And it would be nice if the revision repositories lived with the file and not at the base of the volume (though this introduces a different problem - stripping out the repositories when sharing/e-mailing/whatever the files -- sometimes you want the history like when you share/sync with yourself - and sometimes you absolutely do NOT want it, like when sending a resume to a prospective employer -- this last one bit people very badly at one time with Word files). And, finally, we should be able to keep Save As... in our File menu if we like it and still use it - as many of us apparently do. But in the absense of making all the changes I described above, if you just ignore it, it's really not going to get in your way or cause you trouble -- with the single exception that you need to make sure to check that box in Prefs->General to make sure you get invited to revert to last (explictit, not auto) saved version when you close the doc.