supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 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-square287linkfedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down19
arrow-up1244arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square287linkfedilink
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoProbably an arrow pointing to a hard drive.
minus-squareinvertedspear@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 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-up2·2 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.