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

<v_2e@ukr.net> wrote in message news:20120112001553.6c327f8b.v_2e@ukr.net...
>  I like the floppy icon.
>
>  "HDD" icon is being broadly used nowadays, but as somebody pointed in
> this thread, not every user is familiar with computer inside, so
> changing from one thing that they haven't seen to another one which
> they also haven't seen doesn't make much sense.
>  "Optical drive" icon is a bad variant because people usually do not
> save the documents directly to the optical drive; instead they usually
> tend to associate the "CD" icon with CD/DVD burning process.
>  "USB" icon is also not a better solution, because not every user
> knows what this sign means (although they probably can see it on many
> different devices).
>
>  In any case, the traditional "Foppy" icon just works. Why changing
> something that works? The policy of making changes for their own sake
> does not seem a good one to me. Just my thoughts.
>
>  Regards,
>    Vladimir

The icon for opening a previously saved document is an open folder with a 
curved arrow pointing *out of* it. If a change to the Save icon is deemed 
necessary, perhaps it could become the same open folder but with the curved 
arrow pointing *into* it. Or would that be too confusing to the eye? 
Different colour(s)?

--
Harold Fuchs
London, England 



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