Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [libo-marketing-priv] Can we replace "Floppy Disk"

Þann mið 28.des 2011 21:22, skrifaði Olav Dahlum:
> On 28/12/11 21:30, Norbert Thiebaud wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Danishka Navin<danishka@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > > As you all know the floppy disc is some thing out dated in the modern
> > > computer world.
> > >
> > > Why we still continue the "Floppy Disk" as the icon for "Save" button in
> > > LibreOffice?
> >
> > When was the last time you saw a phone that look like
> > http://iphonestudio.co.uk/images/uber_iphone_phone_logo.jpg
> > :-)
> > Ironically that 70 years old design is still used on IPhone and others
> > modern cell-phone to indicate: 'telephone'
> >
> > But hey, if you have a better icon, that will be as readily understood
> > by users as meaning 'save'... sure, why not :-)
> > I did a quick Google picture search with 'save icon', and I ended-up
> > with 1001-variations on the floppy theme :-)
> >
> > Norbert
>
> Hehe, well, thinking of it, digital cameras mimic the mechanical sounds.
> Still, anyone with an idea and access to a reference group should be able
> to check whether this is feasible or not.
>
> – Olav

The Tango icon-set has something called "DocumentSave" 
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Document-save.svg>, 
this is probably better understood than a floppy by people 
that have never seen one.

I've seen a couple of apps using a modified Tango icon; the 
harddisk 
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drive-harddisk.svg> 
with a green downwards pointing arrow.

Unfortunately it looks quite similar to the "Download" icon 
used at least in the default Firefox theme.

I think Oliver has a point; a change could be problematic - 
and is not only concerning the visual metaphor, there's 
semantics too (what's a "Save"?, why don't we "Write to 
disk" or "Stock on disk" or whatever...)

Regards,

Sveinn í Felli


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