On 28/12/11 20:56, M Henri Day wrote: > 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 >
The TV set approach was completely new to me … Olav -- 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
