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- 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
- jon_d0
- I kind of like that.waterhouse
- too dramaticinteliboy
- symbol of HELP in many appsbenfal99
- those things work better in water.omg
- doesnotexist0
+S
- i_monk0
^ That says locked, not saved.
- SteveJobs0
makes me wonder, where did the word 'save' come from anyway.
and is it also a homonym in other languages like it seemingly is in the english language? i don't think when they came up with save they meant 'protect' or 'rescue'.. or did they?
- jon_d0
people would say " save that file for me so I can check it later" in offices back when there were jobs.
- SteveJobs0
Here we go, i suppose it fits in with any of these somehow:
Main Entry: cache
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hide a supply of something
Synonyms: accumulate, bury, conceal, cover, ditch, duck, ensconce, lay away, maintain, park, plant, put away, put in the hole, save , screen, secrete, squirrel, squirrel away, stash, stash away, storeMain Entry: deposit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: locate, put in place for safekeeping
Synonyms: accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop, plunk down, plunk, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away, save, settle, sit down, sock away, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasureMain Entry: keep
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold, maintain
Synonyms: accumulate, amass, cache, care for, carry, conduct, conserve, control, deal in, deposit, detain, direct, enjoy, garner, grasp, grip, have, heap, hold back, manage, own, pile, place, possess, preserve, put, put up, reserve, retain, save , season, stack, stock, store, trade in, withhold
- supersimple0
- long live usb?SteveJobs
- yeah, the icon really should just be a hard drive at this point
supersimple - at first glance i thought that was a lighter
bjladams
- 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 :)
- waterhouse0
- <303
- most kids today have never actually seen a telephone like this.randommail
- I can see apple ditching this style icon in iOS 7animatedgif
- dbloc0
- another reminder that words break down accross languages, which is why literal symbols are neccessary and sometimes quite difficultSteveJobs
- difficult to portraySteveJobs
- it means moneyProjectile
- 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
- dbloc0
- If you're going to write 'Save' then there's no need for a symbol of a cloud getting poked.MrT
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