1. A method comprising: displaying, by a computing device, an application user interface for an electronic document, the application user interface including a menu for displaying various menu options, wherein a menu option from the various menu options comprises a user interface element that enables switching between an autosave mode and a manual save mode for saving the electronic document displayed in the application user interface; receiving, by the computing device, a selection of the menu option in the application user interface, wherein the selection is an input to change from the autosave mode to the manual save mode or to change from the manual save mode to the autosave mode; in response to receipt of the selection of the menu option to change from the autosave mode to the manual save, activating within the application user interface of the electronic document, by the computing device, the manual save mode, wherein the activating comprises updating a display of the menu to include a manual save option user interface element that displays one or more features associated with the manual save mode; in response to receipt of the selection of the menu option to change from the manual mode to the autosave mode, activating within the application user interface of the electronic document, by the computing device, the autosave mode, wherein the activating changes the display from the manual save option user interface element to an autosave option user interface element that displays one or more features associated with the autosave mode; and activating within the application user interface of the electronic document, when in the autosave mode, a throttled save interval feature for automatically saving the electronic document, and wherein the activating of the throttled save interval feature comprises determining a time duration of an estimated default save interval based on a file size associated with the electronic document, monitoring a time duration of an actual save of the electronic document during one or more saves of the same electronic document, and adjusting the time duration of the estimated default save interval for subsequent saves of the same electronic document by increasing or decreasing the subsequent save intervals of the electronic document with the monitored time duration of the actual save of the electronic document.