supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 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-square298linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down19
arrow-up1251arrow-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 · 13 days agomessage-square298linkfedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·13 days agoWhich is essentially what saving is.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·13 days agoMmm … not exactly. If I’m creating a document in a local application, “download” is not applicable there, where “save” is.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·13 days agoFor 99% of users, the specifics make no difference at all. It’s closer to reality than a floppy disk icon, that’s for sure.
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoThey meant that downloading is a type of saving.
Which is essentially what saving is.
Mmm … not exactly. If I’m creating a document in a local application, “download” is not applicable there, where “save” is.
For 99% of users, the specifics make no difference at all.
It’s closer to reality than a floppy disk icon, that’s for sure.
They meant that downloading is a type of saving.