我认为这种方法是有道理的:

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...

您可以使用上传和下载(红色向上和绿色向下箭头)图标来保存和加载。此外，在短时间内，网络将是保存文件的大多数地方。

说实话，软盘图标对我来说从来没有多大意义。它的意思是“磁盘活动”，也可以是“保存但打开”。

问题是，新一代用户从未见过软盘(例如，我11岁的侄子)，他必须知道那个奇怪的平方东西是Save。

我喜欢文件夹图标的箭头指向它。也许一个箭头指向一个圆柱体(la DB)?

我不太喜欢其他的想法，所以保留软盘图标是默认的解决方案。另外，我讨厌一些应用程序使用的非微软的大而低质量的软盘图标。

另一种解决方案可能是将应用图标缩小到一个硬盘驱动器，并在第一个到第二个图标之间添加箭头，但这在16x16的图标上看起来不太好。

很明显，图标设计是一门科学和艺术。我非常尊重优秀的图标设计师。

About Face的第17章“Rethinking Files and Save”介绍了这一点。Alan Cooper是著名的可用性专家，他的著作很有影响力。他的观点基本上是，当我们强迫用户考虑实现时，我们就会陷入麻烦。以下是一段简短的摘录:

In the world of digital technology, the place where implementation-model thinking most strikingly rears its ugly head is the management of files and the concept of "save." If you have ever tried to teach your mother how to use a computer, you will know that difficult doesn't really do the problem justice. Things start out all right: You start up the word processor and type a couple sentences. She's with you all the way -- it's like writing on paper. But when you click the Close button, up pops a dialog box asking "Do you want to save changes?" You and Mom hit a wall together. She looks at you and asks, "What does this mean? Is everything okay?" This problem is caused by software that forces people to think like computers by unnecessarily making them confront the internal mechanisms of data storage. This isn't just a problem for your mother; even sophisticated computer users can easily become confused or make mistakes. People spend thousands of dollars on hard- ware and software just to confront impertinent questions like "Do you really want me to save this document that you've been working on all afternoon?" and must remember to use to the Save As... command when what they really want to do is work on a copy of the document.

有必要考虑如何简化或消除“保存”的比喻。

在Stack Overflow上，我们可以“发布一个答案”或“添加评论”或“询问你的问题”。每次我们都真正地“保存”到数据库中，但是每次的比喻都略有不同。发帖、补充、询问。我想到了像iTunes这样的软件，我相信它没有“将音乐保存到磁盘”的概念。你只需向它添加音乐，它就会被保存。根据软件执行的任务类型，可能有不同的比喻比保存更合适。

我应该提一下，我还没有真正回答你的问题，我自己在我的网络应用程序中使用过软盘图标，或者一个只写着“保存”的大按钮。目前，我们在很多情况下都被它困住了，但随着软盘驱动器的消亡，它变得越来越荒谬。但是，当拨号界面的电话已经几十年没有普及使用时，我们也说我们“拨号”电话。

正如其他人所说，保留软盘图标，不要担心。在我住的地方，这是火车过马路的警告标志:

大约有50年没有蒸汽机车了，但每个人都知道这是火车的标志。同样地，50年后，当你的文件存储在轨道上的谷歌服务器上时，每个人都会知道软盘是保存数据的象征。