The symbol for settings is a cog, why does the floppy save icon get all the hate?
What should we use tho? I’m wrackin my brain and i can think of nothin’
At this point I bet its more recognized as a save icon than as floppy media. I mean shit it’s even a emoji it’s that iconic 💾
If you ever want to make a greybeard feel old, find a floppy disk in his cupboard, hold it up and say, “Hey look, someone 3D printed a save icon!”
I hope it will never change.
It’s just perfection. Can’t confuse the icon for any new tech or process.
This makes me curious as to what proposals there have been for a universal save icon otherwise.
Saving data is a fairly abstract concept if you have no knowledge about computers. I have a difficult time thinking of something that someone who has never interacted with a computer could look at and come to an intuitive conclusion that the symbol means to save.
Maybe one of those life preserver rings? I guess part of the problem is that “save” has (at least) two meanings. To create a record of, but also to rescue. They’re kind of close, and certainly having a record of your data can rescue you, but yeah, the concept and its overlap gets “fuzzy.” Interesting question!
Life preservers are already associated with the “help” action
Lol if a life preserver how bout a cross cuz Jesus saves
Hockey goalie mask & stick.
I remember for a brief time Microsoft started using a CD as the save icon in their office applications.
They actually had to revert it to a diskette so people knew what it meant.
12/28/14
Ah, back when there was some hope for the future
That makes way more sense. At first, I was like, holy shit, what planet has this MFer been living on the last 10 years? We’re on our way to un-terraform earth here shortly for those of us not in concentration camps.
