2011/12/28 Robert Derman <robert.der...@pressenter.com> > Olav Dahlum wrote: > >> On 28/12/11 20:05, Danishka Navin wrote: >> >> >>> As you all know the floppy disc is some thing out dated in the modern >>> computer world. >>> >>> >> >> I'm afraid it's not the case, a lot of people use them, and especially >> in governmental institutions. >> >> >> >>> Why we still continue the "Floppy Disk" as the icon for "Save" button in >>> LibreOffice? >>> >>> >> >> Anyway, this could be replaced by a more generic computer/down arrow >> button to reflect the different media better. >> >> > The trouble is, most people would not recognize this, and there is of > course the limitation that icons must be fairly simple in form. Also I am > not sure that an icon of an optical disk, which would be much more valid > today would be as easily recognized. Actually in nearly every case the > document is being saved on a hard drive, but that would be much more > difficult to represent as a simple icon. I remember MS tried this in > Win-95, and it ended up looking more like a drum and drumstick. As long as > we all recognize the floppy as a floppy, it really doesn't matter that much > that it is archaic. >
What people recognise and what they recognise it as is a vexed issue ; my experience in teaching retirees to use computers here in Stockholm is that when I point to the floppy-disk icon and ask what it represents, the most frequent reply I receive is «an old-fashioned TV». But I agree, replacing this well-established icon with a new one would probably give rise to more confusion than enlightenment.... Henri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
