我正在开发一个项目,用户可以在其中保存他们的工作(最可能保存到HDD,但也可能保存到任何其他媒体,包括软盘)。当然,流行的文件>保存选项是存在的,但工具栏按钮呢?

迄今为止,最受欢迎的图标是软盘。然而,用户写入软盘的可能性非常小。不过,我认为软盘更具有代表性,而不是字面意义。

最后,我可能会坚持使用软盘图标,以保持大多数用户熟悉的惯例,但是……有人对如何更新这个旧图标有什么想法吗?


当前回答

当某些代码出现问题时,我们会说其中存在“bug”,即使上一次发生这种情况已经是60多年前的事情了!

其他回答

我认为一般来说,软盘图标已经成为公认的保存图标,即使它与闪存和DVD的普遍存在没有太大关系。坦率地说,如果一个程序有一个保存图标,就像一个记忆棒或硬盘驱动器,大多数用户将无法选择它作为保存图标。

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。

编辑:

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。

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...

不是真的。只要它看起来像更现代的“僵硬”而不是松软。

记忆棒就没那么怀旧了。然而,随着越来越多的现代系统不包括物理刚性驱动器,未来的用户可能不知道“刚性”代表什么。作为一个青少年,就像黑胶唱片一样,他们可能会认为你有一个年长的时刻。

保险箱的图片可能意味着你正在用一些内部密码加密,并将其存储得如此安全,以至于无法检索。

服务器的图片再次给人的印象是它要复制到其他地方。

在接下来的5年里坚持僵硬

干杯

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 Yes, it is outdated, but everybody recognizes the 3.5" floppy disk image as representing 'save'!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