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Ask Soylent: Which Iconograpy Represents 'Save' in the Modern World?

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday December 20 2016, @08:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the my-floppy-drive-still-works dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Our office recently updated to a new version of the Office Suite, and it still has an icon in the upper-left corner to perform the 'Save' function. Floppy drives have not been in use for years, and many children would not recognize a 3.5 inch floppy disk on sight. Programs have used this icon for years, because we have yet to find a suitable replacement. The CD/DVD can no longer represent saving, because they have come and gone. Even moving to the more abstract Piggy Bank icon would not work, because they are seldom used in the modern age. A USB Key icon may represent saving in some form, but the may not be around much longer if another medium gains favor. Does this mean that the venerable 3.5 inch Floppy will represent saving information to future generations, or should it be replaced by a different symbol?

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by kazzie on Tuesday December 20 2016, @10:33AM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 20 2016, @10:33AM (#443675)

    Lets just get rid of the whole Icon/emoticon stupidness.

    There is nothing wrong with using WORDS in menus.

    Sure there is: it increases the translation costs.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Pino P on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:55PM

    by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:55PM (#443926) Journal

    You still have to translate each icon's tooltip.