supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIf you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?message-squaremessage-square130linkfedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down16
arrow-up1173arrow-down1message-squareIf you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square130linkfedilink
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoIt connects it to another computer symbol, the folder which is seen plenty of times as the thing containing files. It’s a solid solution.
minus-squareGlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIsn’t that used as an icon for moving a file from one folder to another?
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYeah, if an open folder icon means ‘open a file’, then this inversion means saving the file.
It connects it to another computer symbol, the folder which is seen plenty of times as the thing containing files. It’s a solid solution.
Isn’t that used as an icon for moving a file from one folder to another?
Yeah, if an open folder icon means ‘open a file’, then this inversion means saving the file.