考虑到你在使用术语“软盘”时，实际上3.5英寸的磁盘根本不是软盘。它只是一个从5.25“磁盘继承下来的术语，因为每个人都习惯了它。“磁盘按钮保存”的概念也是每个人都习惯的。坚持下去。

软盘图标已经成为保存文件的标准。这是一个辨识度很高的图标，没有理由去改变它。应用程序之间的一致性是一件很棒的事情。

我怀疑，随着时间的推移，图标将变得更加风格化，而不再像一个真正的软盘，一旦人们开始忘记它们的样子(或者永远不知道)。如今，这个图标所代表的储蓄概念比它所代表的软盘更多。

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 Yes, it is outdated, but everybody recognizes the 3.5" floppy disk image as representing 'save'!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.

考虑到你在使用术语“软盘”时，实际上3.5英寸的磁盘根本不是软盘。它只是一个从5.25“磁盘继承下来的术语，因为每个人都习惯了它。“磁盘按钮保存”的概念也是每个人都习惯的。坚持下去。

使用包含两个字符的图标:

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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...