The Floppy Disk means Save, and 14 other old people Icons that don't make sense.....

[JMH]

The Floppy Disk means Save, and 14 other old people Icons that don't make sense anymore

What happens when all the things we based our icons on don't exist anymore? Do they just become, ahem, iconic glyphs whose origins are shrouded in mystery?
Floppy Disk - Save

Save? Save where? You know, down there. Adding the Arrow to the 3.5" floppy makes me smile. Is it pointing to under my desk? What's a floppy? Why not a USB key? Maybe a cloud icon? That will be easy since there is only One Cloud Icon in the world.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheFl...erOldPeopleIconsThatDontMakeSenseAnymore.aspx

 

[Corrine]

old people Icons

Just because of the title, I'm not going to click through to read his article!

 

[JMH]

You are only as old as you feel!

 

[Britton30]

LOL, I'm old and makes me smile about things we are used to that have no real meaning now, but we still know what they mean. TV rabbit ears is a good one.:lol: