127738 - The new "Publish" button displaced the "Save" button

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 127698

(SeaMonkey :: Composer, defect)

Description

[selmer (gone)]

2/24 trunk build

The publishing button showed up and the save button went away.  The dialog
behind the publishing button doesn't allow me to save to disk.  Now I have to
use the file menu "save as" item to do a simple local save.

I know we have to make trade-offs, but every editor I know has a save button
like we used to have and I'm concerned that more people will miss it than we
realize.

Do we still have the autosave feature?  Does that prompt you to publish
intermediate results?  Seems like save is something to keep...

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

over to composer

Comment 2

[Kathleen :Brade]

If you want to save a remote page, you can choose File | Save As... (like you
would in the browser).

If you are editing a remote page, and you want to save back to the server,
publish is a reasonable expectation.
If you are editing a local page, the toolbar does show Save button.
If you are editing a new page (about:blank), the toolbar shows Save button.

There isn't room on the toolbar to have both so we needed to have double-duty
for that position.  We are planning to monitor the feedback to confirm this
functionality is acceptable.

Comment 3

[selmer (gone)]

I was *not* working on a remote file.  I went to windows explorer and picked a
file on my hard disk.  I used the right click context menu and chose edit.  The
composer window opened with a publish button rather than a save button.  Based
on your description, I should have gotten a save button.

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Since we're making the toolbar usage confusing, I still think we should consider
adding a "save" tab to the dialog or something.  Adding Lori to the CC.

Comment 4

[Charles Manske]

Known problem -- when you launch from explorer.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 127698 ***

Comment 5

[michael wendell]

Verified.

Comment 6

[Kathleen :Brade]

reassign in case bugs are reopened