2015-03-02 20:03 GMT+01:00 Johan Engelen <jbc.engelen@...2592...>:
Or when saving a 'backup' of your work. Save a Copy is different functionality and is separate from a save as/export/import discussion.
I don't think there is a behavioral difference between 'Save a Copy' and 'Export' - for me those are synonyms. The difference between Open and Import is that the former opens a new document and the latter adds the imported content to the current document.
The real problem is that saving / exporting to a raster format is different than saving to a vector format. Raster saving has many more options to specify the area of the export. Yet, I think many people would find it useful to have those options available in vector formats as well. This way there would be no need to distinguish between saving and exporting.
The mockup with the checkbox doesn't seem like a good idea to me - I think it would be prone to errors. The actions 'I want to save my changes' and 'I want to make a new file with this content' are conceptually dissimilar enough to warrant separate menu items.
Regards, Krzysztof