2010/1/24 William Swanson <swansontec@...400...>:
For those who are interested, the GIMP folks have a full specification for their new file-handling behavior:
http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Save_%2B_export_specification
As I understand it, a professional user interface designer wrote the specification at the request of the GIMP developers. The specification could apply to Inkscape just as easily, since the two programs have similar uses and target audiences.
-William
Looks like the gist of the document is similar to what I proposed when a "Publish" option was discussed about a year ago (precisely, 24-02-09, the thread was called "Export, Publish and Save As"): - "Save" dialog would only save to Inkscape SVG or Compressed Inkscape SVG - "Export" dialog would save to all other formats
However, GIMP's specification also contains a lot of useful and important details, like the rules for determining where the dialogs should open.
Regards, Krzysztof