Comparison pop-up on document saving overwrite

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Comparison pop-up on document saving overwrite

Unread post by asterisk » 2017-06-08, 14:50

Possibly simple to implement, just a neat tweak. I'm thinking particularly of images here.

If you copy/paste/move a file in Windows that will overwrite another of the same name in the target destination, Windows provides a comparison tool so you can see whether what you are overwriting is the same size, smaller/bigger, or even the same image (via a thumbnail). In particular, if you are archiving a better version of the same image you have found this is a godsend. It offers basic options to overwrite, leave the original or save anyway but with an alternate filename so you can keep both.

Saving an image from the web (with Pale Moon or anything else) is far more basic. If the filename exists in the target destination, you can either overwrite without any confirmation of the relative sizes, or abort the procedure. Having more than a simple "filename already exists - abort operation?" dialog would be way more user-friendly there, especially if it could compare image dimensions and sizes.

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Re: Comparison pop-up on document saving overwrite

Unread post by Moonchild » 2017-06-08, 15:37

The file save dialog is provided by Windows (it's a common dialog). Any features (and limits) depend on what the O.S. offers.
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