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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 The CD/DVD can no longer represent saving, because they have come and gone.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: 1) by AssCork on Tuesday December 20 2016, @07:05PM

    by AssCork (6255) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @07:05PM (#443977) Journal

    The computer user can be guaranteed to be able to read to a basic level

    Oh man, you do know there's an "Internet", right?
    The world beyond your web-browser extends beyond the bastion of grammatical correctness and eloquent prose that is Soylent.

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