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Modernizing the Save Icon?

Posted by Cliff on from the death-to-the-floppy! dept.

floppy-less asks: "In nearly every modern GUI, the floppy disk icon is used to symbolize saving files. With the fate of floppy disks becoming apparent, what will become of the esteemed 'Save to Disk' icon? Will it become a CD-R? a hard drive? a portrait of Jesus?"

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  1. Serious answer by JMZero · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've already seen a few programs (though I can't find any examples now that I look) that have a folder with an arrow pointing into it for "save" and out of it for "open". I think that's fairly intuitive.

    Many people already do not know what the floppy disk save icon is - I've heard at least two people say "click on the little TV to save".

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