Autosave vs Manual Save
Users debate the merits of autosave features versus explicit save buttons in applications, discussing reliability, UI clarity, user trust, and experiences with tools like Excalidraw and Google Docs.
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Mightn't it be better to actually just autosave?
If you save after every change why don't you use an auto save feature?
yea theres an option to save after every change
It does autosave (although as you mention the UI is not very clear on this)
Why isn’t there autosaving? Why go to all this effort to make such a hostile UX?
Sounds like you have auto save on.
Save as doesn’t make sense if the app auto-saves.
How does it save the files? I don't see a save button.Can it autosave?
I think we need a save/load button or the auto-save feature
these days, most of my tools autosave