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spockz
2481 days ago
The floppy disk save icon might be “very obvious” to you. But how is a kid of this era who has never seen a 3.5” floppy disk supposed to know that that means save?
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intertextuality
2481 days ago
Because every other website uses that or the down arrow. It can be not only objects seen in real life but also icons consistent with other sites.
Anecdotally I’ve never seen a floppy disk in real life.
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Anecdotally I’ve never seen a floppy disk in real life.