Maybe a silly idea ... but

[BrotherLove]

...a couple of times now I've lost edits because of computer issues (mainly VST pluggin problems), and since I forget to save every now and again its a real bastard.
I'd never use auto-save features as sometimes I like to test edit mixes, but what would be really handy is a option to show a icon somewhere on the main track screen that shows save status (maybe red if modified, green if saved or something?)
I know the task bar shows the saved status of the project, but I don't notice it as Im working as there is a lot of text up there.

Just an idea

[Art Evans]

As soon as you do just about anything the save status changes. In any kind of normal use that indicator would be on "unsaved" almost all the time.

[BrotherLove]

Thats true. Maybe then its only on when track related edits have been made?

[reapercurious]

but what would make you remember to look at the icon that indicates whether you have saved or not?

an auto-rename on ctrl-s with a time and date stamp feature, bundling all saved versions in an archive that looks like a reaper project icon would be a really good feature for any daw.

on double click, the most recent save would open. other saves could be accessed from a pulldown menu in the gui somewhere.

thats right, every time you save and a change has been made, a new file will be created and added to the archive.

[Dstruct]

but what would make you remember to look at the icon that indicates whether you have saved or not?

100% agreed. that's standard-behaviour in so many applications. save-icon is greyed out (and doesn't do anything when clicking it) as long as no changes are made in the project!

[Till]

you can autosave to a timestamped file. that gives you control over what you save in your main file but total recall when reaper crashes!