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 Yes, it is outdated, but everybody recognizes the 3.5" floppy disk image as representing 'save'!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

你用过HLSS吗?他们使用SD卡的图像作为保存图标，但大多数情况下，我无法在工具栏上选择它，必须到File -> save来保存。

所以，他们提供了一个现代的替代品，但它不像3.5英寸的软盘图标那么好用。

看看你新手机的语音信箱图标。很有可能它仍然是基于磁带的家用答录机中的“磁带卷”图标。

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好吧，不是所有的手机都用这个图标，但是“倒带”这个词呢?我相信有些人有可以让你“倒带”数字音频或视频媒体文件的设备。

老式科幻电影里的那种磁带驱动器怎么样?

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这个图标将是永恒的!

尽管很多人不知道这个图标到底是什么，但他们很快就会明白它的意思，所以我会保持它与其他应用程序的一致性。

在未来，我认为这个问题将变得毫无意义，因为越来越多的应用程序将避免“保存”操作，并自动保存每个用户操作。人们将使用“撤消”作为丢弃更改的主导范式，而不是通过不保存来丢弃更改。

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...