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...

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。

Tango图标集有一个箭头指向硬盘驱动器:

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。

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。

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。