supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square159fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down13
arrow-up1160arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square159fedilink
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 hours agoProbably an arrow pointing to a hard drive.
minus-squareinvertedspear@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 hours agoWhy a hard drive? Storage is moving to solid state. That icon would also be obsolete in a few years.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours 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.