The Save Icon
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- jon_d0
- I kind of like that.waterhouse
- too dramaticinteliboy
- symbol of HELP in many appsbenfal99
- those things work better in water.omg
- feel0
hmm maybe the thing about being obsolete is not important... most of the tools in photoshop icons i've never used or seen in real life, only after learning photoshop i knew they existed... and it became a "fun fact" that those were once real.
so yea, let it become a fun fact for your grand children :)
- tangoxray30
I think you could make the argument that manilla folders are even less relevant than 3.5in disks.
- I haven't used a 3.5inch in over 10 years, I used Manilla folders yesterday.Amicus
- omg0
- Projectile0
"Dad, why does the save button always have that funny symbol on it?"
"Because, son, that was the main way to save something when the technology was invented"
"So why don't the update it to have a picture of an SSD?"
"Because, son, SSD's are completely obsolete. I'm just too fucking cheap to get you a real computer with an organic memory cell."
It's the first universally understood symbol, so doesn't need to change and if it does it'll always be confusing. Like when you watch an old movie and they whip out an old Nokia and you can't help but think of how old it is and your mind wanders from the plot.
- yeah, opting for a more recent storage medium obviously doesn't solve anything.SteveJobs
- doesnotexist0
- +1animatedgif
- looks like dwnloadjon_d
- that makes me think of some sort of video downloadbjladams
- Video WTF?animatedgif
- you're thinking too harddoesnotexist
- sorry, that's just the first thing i saw. had to read back thru the thread to see what it really wasbjladams
- SteveJobs0
honestly, i don't care either way. but i *do* find it to be an interesting discussion, nonetheless, and wanted to hear the thoughts of designers on the topic as I'm not one.
my point was that if any symbol were to be used that it was not that of any recognizable storage medium, as none can claim to be the defacto and none are immune from obsoletion.
seems the consensus is just leave it the way it is.
- SteveJobs0
- even from the grave... wisdomPonyBoy
- LOL @ Holding reset, wtfanimatedgif
- haha i love that you mentioned thatjon_d
- i_monk0
Looking at my browser, the only literal icon is a home representing home page. "Back" and "Forward" are simple arrows, without any attempt to show previous web pages overlapping behind them. Reload is a partial loop with an arrow. Cancel is an X. Similarly on my phone, the menu button is two lines in a box and the back/cancel button is a hooked arrow. Why should save be represented by a picture of a thing, and not a simple symbol?
- doesnotexist0
maybe save will become something automatic and won't need a symbol anymore. i never find myself looking for a save icon, but i'm constantly pushing +S