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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

An HDD is also a deprecated symbol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Every time you download, you are saving. But not every time you save, are you downloading.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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