• db0
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    2811 months ago

    I don’t think there ever can be a better icon. Some are experimenting with a down-arrow pointing to a flat surface, but the floppy fisk is much better.

    • QuinceDaPence
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      11 months ago

      Probably the closest one is an open HDD but still. Good UI should not require explanation and everyone recognises a floppy disk as “Save”.

      Same as if I want to send domething and see a paper airplane.

        • QuinceDaPence
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          311 months ago

          Agreed but given the symbol for an SSD would be a rectangle or a rectangle with a plug at the bottom, I think HDD would be the most recent tech that would convey “save” when used as a symbol.

          Hard to beat the good ol’ floppy though
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    • RBG
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      1011 months ago

      Thats downloading clearly. Which could be synonymous with saving of course in some way.

    • @t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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      111 months ago

      There is an icon that Adobe has with an arrow pointing down into a folder, and I think that works pretty well.