supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days 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-square296fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down110
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 · 3 days agomessage-square296fedilink
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoIt connects it to another computer symbol, the folder which is seen plenty of times as the thing containing files. It’s a solid solution.
minus-squareGlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoIsn’t that used as an icon for moving a file from one folder to another?
minus-squarehttp404@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoi think in that case your should first click on a “folder with arrow going out” (move out) icon before given this one to move into another directory. so the context is clear.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYeah, if an open folder icon means ‘open a file’, then this inversion means saving the file.
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.
Isn’t that used as an icon for moving a file from one folder to another?
i think in that case your should first click on a “folder with arrow going out” (move out) icon before given this one to move into another directory. so the context is clear.
Yeah, if an open folder icon means ‘open a file’, then this inversion means saving the file.