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by wlesieutre 3888 days ago
The 'save' icon is fading away pretty quickly in common usage. Modern software is trending toward changes saved in realtime (driven by phones, also seen on OS X and web). When I write a note, I just make a new note, type in it, and close the app.

My favorite example of old-timey icons is 'phone'. https://www.google.com/search?q=phone+icon&tbm=isch

Still used everywhere, but phones just look like ▯ now.

2 comments

The phone icon is from AIGA: http://www.aiga.org/symbol-signs/
Well, that doesn’t work everywhere, though.