R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: on Nostr: Potentially #UnpopularOpinion: The floppy disk icon should continue to be the ...
Potentially #UnpopularOpinion: The floppy disk icon should continue to be the universal save icon, even if most people alive today have never seen an actual floppy. The icon itself is the symbol, not the actual object. It's a lot easier to understand (even for new users, IMO) than something abstract, like an arrow pointing to a line (or a chip).
At the very least, I think it's more understandable than any symbolic icon I've seen thus far.
Published at
2025-08-18 16:19:15 UTCEvent JSON
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