mr_es335 wrote:Good day,
I hope that the day finds you all very well!
A couple of "things" should be mentioned here...
1) My question #1: "Is there anything necessary right-or-wrong with either of the aforementioned methodologies?"
* Your response #1:
Actually, your wording in the OP sounds like it's describing the same thing. But I think you mean A) open a SAW session from the data file or B) open SAW/SAC/MWS and then open the data file from within the program. Anyway, my answer to question 1), here, is no. Either approach can be useful depending on the user's current work-flow moment.
2) My question #2: Just because the majority of folks employ a particular methodology - should that infer correctness?"
* Your response #2:
Infer means deduce, not imply. I think you mean "should that imply correctness?" or "should I infer correctness from the popularity of that methodology?" The answer depends on your definition of correctness. Correctness usually is based on an agreed-upon standard. But if, instead, you decide that correctness should be determined simply by majority or consensus, then there you have it.
3) For as long as I have been working with computers, I have never employed any application - other than SAW|SAC, that is, wherein I employ the File option for launching subsequent "files".
* I have always exited the previous "file" - which in turn exists the "parent application", launching a subsequent "file" - whether that "file" be the same "type" of "file" of not...say Word, Excel...or whatever!
* In short, I very seldom...if ever...employ the app-centric methodology for the launching-and-exiting of "file data".!
Ironic, because SAW may be one of the only programs with which you are not penalized (much) for taking the "docu-centric" approach. Many programs (most?) eat more time with all the needed opening and closing than if you just keep the program open and use the File menu. Of course, then you may have to go find the file. So there's that. That's where Recently Opened Files comes in.
4) Which brings me to my final question [#3], "Is there a potential 'issue' with the launching of SAW|SAC via the docu-centric method?" "If so, what might those issues be?"
* Your response #3:
A) time to open and close SAW/SAC/MWS, though, as I said, not so bad
B) can't think of any more
Potential advantage: if you're in File Explorer and launching SAW from an EDL file for which the paths for assets have changed (happens to me all the time when going back to older sessions--especially archival stuff), you're in a much better position, visually, to try to track down those assets for the needed repathing or, God forbid, renaming. It can be a PITA to have to navigate to the session path in a fresh File Explorer instance (which is often the case using the "app-centric" approach when opening an EDL whose audio or video file links are out-dated).
