[Gvsig_english] copying shape file layers

[Manuel Madrid]

Hello.

Very interesting thread.

First of all, Klaus, I'm sorry for your loss of data.

Obviously we can't design the GUI as if all the users are beginners but
I think we always should avoid that the user get wrong, specially when
he/she can lose data or time.

So I think in this case we must consider to change something.

I'll report this issue to the tracker.

Best regards,
Manuel.

Manuel Madrid.
Product and testing manager.
gvSIG project (http://www.gvsig.org).

El 04/08/11 09:45, Johannes Valenta escribió:
> 2011/8/4 Benjamin Ducke <benjamin.ducke en oxfordarch.co.uk>
> 
>>  Maybe it would be possible to introduce a configuration setting
>> which could toggle between "novice" and "advanced" GUI modes.
>> It would be possible to allow/disallow certain action, modify
>> GUI entries and display more or less warning messages, depending
>> on the mode that gvSIG is running in.
>>
> 
> IMHO this is going too far as I am not sure if  a representative analysis of
> user behaviour (like a Usability test)  is likely to be done by the
> community or will yield meaningful results at all. Besides the interesting
> discussion about what "copy" means in different contexts in the end Klaus'
> loss of data was caused by himself deleting the attribute data of his
> shapefile (as I said sh++ happens and I feel sorry  for him). There a dialog
> appears already asking if data should be saved or not.
> Maybe it is sufficient to elaborate this dialog a little by adding some kind
> of advice on what's going to be deleted.
> For example something like " If you are working on a copy of  your source
> file remember that changes will affect it as well". Maybe a reference to the
> manual could be included too (see p. xx).
> So, in general, we could try to work on improving existing features of gvSIG
> instead of creating new ones.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Johannes
> 
> 
> 
> 
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