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 The CD/DVD can no longer represent saving, because they have come and gone.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?
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday December 20 2016, @02:46PM
A punched card icon would work for Save.
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(Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Tuesday December 20 2016, @10:37PM
A punched card icon would work for Save
That was NOT my experience of punched cards. ISTR keeping copies of my card decks on 556bpi magtape.
(The tapes were still readable 30 years later, and probably still are, though I no longer have a 7-track stop-start tape drive).
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