Hi everyone, There are a few bugs in Blender which can cause data loss, permanent, with no hope of recovering it (unless the user had saved). And all of these happen under normal conditions and usage.
I think it's important to deal with them before 2.8, since it's going to be a big release and bring lots of new users. And while we are trained to avoid (or accept) these, new users will get burnt badly and maybe even drop Blender. I don't have to tell about you the sinking sensation of seeing your work disappear before your eyes. Besides you have time to break stuff in 2.8 :) Bug list --------- 1. Changing an image's type, size, color space, source type or changing the float buffer setting will delete all it's contents from memory. This happens even if you don't actually change the values. ref: developer.blender.org/T41598 2. No warning about unsaved changes to images (packed or otherwise) when quitting. This is more of a UX issue, but it trips a lot of people. ref: developer.blender.org/T41598 3. Deleting files in the browser obliterates them instead of sending them to the trash (there's also Campbell's suggestion of not deleting stuff) ref: developer.blender.org/T34467 4. There's no confirmation dialog when overwriting a file (while saving). The red background is really easy to miss when working fast. There needs to be something that makes you stop. ref: developer.blender.org/T26124 5. Undo. Undoing in Blender is a bit like walking on a minefield. You have to very conscious of where your mouse cursor is, when you switched modes, and what the consequences of undoing might be. For instance undoing with the cursor in a 3DView will delete the last few lines/characters written in a text editor. You can't re-do to get back the text, it's gone for good. I understand this isn't an actual bug, since it's working as designed. It's just not a very good design from a user point of view, and some of it's side effects often look like bugs. Maybe this can be tweaked without having to work out a full redesign ref: developer.blender.org/T49894 BTW these are the ones I've hit personally. There might be others. Cheers, -- Diego Gangl - sinestesia.co _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
