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[–] 124 points 2 days ago (6 children)

We still pay homage to the old gods with the "save" icon

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  • [–] 12 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I was explaining to my kids about floppy disks, and mentioned the save icon. The what? The button you press to save. It just says "save" they said.

    I think they use the Google suite at school, and apparently the save button just says "save". Although TBH I half expected them to not know of it because of auto-saving.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    They are trying to change those icons now, too. People dont recognize them so they use others.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I haven't seen that, any examples?

    I don't why they'd change that either, just because they don't know the origin, they still grew up knowing it meant "save."

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    I remember seeing a program that used something else once, and when I worked in web apps and websites, there was always a debate about what to use.

    A common one is a folder icon (or a tray) with a download arrow... DESPITE it being used to save locally. Same thing with a cloud with a down arrow.

    Some other programs used to use the icon for a hard disk, the three circular platters.

    If I remember the app, Ill give better examples of programs that use other things.

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