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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 19 hours ago

If you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?

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If 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 · 19 hours ago
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    I mean, you’re just replacing one archaic symbol with another.

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      I agree. I heard recently a lot of kids under 20 grew up in an iPhone, iPad, and chrome world and never learned “folder” or directory concepts so it’s a tough transition in the work world. Paper organizers are not nearly as ubiquitous as they once were.

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      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.

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        Isn’t that used as an icon for moving a file from one folder to another?

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      Normal people call computer directories ‘folders’.

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        Which predate computers and floppy disks

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      I still use folders to organize paper documents. Taxes and medical stuff mostly.

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