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

JMH · May 17, 2012

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 · May 17, 2012

old people Icons

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

JMH · May 17, 2012

You are only as old as you feel!

Britton30 · May 18, 2012

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:

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

JMH

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Corrine

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R.I.P July 9, 2014

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

JMH

Emeritus, Contributor

Corrine

Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst

JMH

Emeritus, Contributor

Britton30

R.I.P July 9, 2014

Administrator,
Microsoft MVP,
Security Analyst