supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 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-square278linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down19
arrow-up1251arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square278linkfedilink
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoProbably an arrow pointing to a hard drive.
minus-squareinvertedspear@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoWhy a hard drive? Storage is moving to solid state. That icon would also be obsolete in a few years.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoBecause solid state drives can look like anything but a hard drive has the distinct arm and platter.
Probably an arrow pointing to a hard drive.
Why a hard drive? Storage is moving to solid state. That icon would also be obsolete in a few years.
Because solid state drives can look like anything but a hard drive has the distinct arm and platter.