不幸的是，这个软盘图标已经成为保存文档的通用符号。它甚至被用在微软Word 2007中，几乎原封不动。以任何方式更改它，都可能使用户无法将其识别为保存符号。

如果你仔细想想，信件也没有“现代”的表现形式，仍然是纸质信件。

(图片来自“是时候改变那个比喻了”)

正如博客中提到的“图标的终结”

把视觉类比建立在移动的目标上是危险的。技术将会改变。今天显而易见的事情10年后就不一样了;所以今天模糊不清的东西在10年后会变得完全模糊不清。软盘图标的问题(不只是这个不可靠的类比)在于代沟。

不过，只要潜在的操作是清晰的，这个图标就会存在。

(图片在很多地方都有，包括这篇博文)

IMO, icons are useful because they're constant symbols we can associate with different actions. In that sense, the floppy is very appropriate simply because it is nearly universal. Never once in my life have I seen an interface with unfamiliar icons (no text at all) and been able to figure out what it does (I'm looking at you, Mac OS). I think even if you come up with an image that is more true to what is actually going on, such as a picture of a hard drive, you'll cause far more confusion than if you left it alone. Even if people such as myself can identify the icon as a hard drive, that doesn't tell us what you're going to do, it just means a hard drive is somehow involved...

我认为这种方法是有道理的:

It's funny that I found this discussion because I was looking for a standard 'save' icon I could download to replace the 'new and improved' icon that UtlraEdit started using and which was too difficult to pick out on the toolbar. Yes, it is outdated, but everybody recognizes the 3.5" floppy disk image as representing 'save'! Yes, programmers should not be doing things because 'that's the way it's always been done' but icons are language and not methodology. Don't invent a new word just because it would be cool unless your aim is to hide what you are saying from the previous generations.

它仍然在Windows的标准工具栏图像列表中。

没有人见过硬盘，但这并不妨碍图标就是硬盘。对大多数用户来说，硬盘就是地板上的那个盒子。

风格化的符号才是重要的。图片可以是一只红色蟋蟀——只要每个人都把红色蟋蟀与储蓄联系起来。