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you are making an interesting point that is shadowed by the extra comment. the floppy disk image as "save" icon is rare in most native mac apps. GP's point is

you are making an interesting point that is shadowed by the extra comment. the floppy disk image as "save" icon is rare in most native mac apps. GP's point is quite interesting because there is a generation or two that hasn't seen a real floppy disk beside on those icons. they probably have no clue what it is. i wonder what other icon images are like that.

00N8 5y ago
the rounded symbols for 'database' icons are based on some ancient storage medium used in early mainframes - magnetic drum memory I think
- userbinator 5y ago
  I've always thought of those as more like barrels of data (as opposed to oil).
- CRConrad 5y ago
  Stack of hard disk platters (what's inside a disk drive), I've always thought. Bit more modern than drum (where AIUI the storage surface is the outer circumference, like a phonograph roll); bit less abstract than "a barrel of data". Oracle used to have logos for some products that looked like that (or, come to think of it, like a stack of button-cell batteries): https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvtcholding.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F12%2Fdatabase-icon-47101.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvtcholding.com%2Foracle-database-services%2F&tbnid=sSVaUG-kV2LSsM&vet=12ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygRegUIARDVAQ..i&docid=nkxKLZIuMAZ3SM&w=256&h=256&q=oracle%20cylinders&ved=2ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygRegUIARDVAQ https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvtcholdin... And I've always wondered if they based their HQ building on those logos, or if it was the other way around: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F3205%2F3474603423_dfecf4a4f2_z.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fjym%2F3474603423%2F&tbnid=HnLjA81HXmZvUM&vet=12ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygCegUIARCzAQ..i&docid=ZDRqBMvED6bLUM&w=640&h=398&itg=1&q=oracle%20cylinders&ved=2ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygCegUIARCzAQ https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.stat...

00N8 5y ago

the rounded symbols for 'database' icons are based on some ancient storage medium used in early mainframes - magnetic drum memory I think

userbinator 5y ago
I've always thought of those as more like barrels of data (as opposed to oil).
CRConrad 5y ago
Stack of hard disk platters (what's inside a disk drive), I've always thought. Bit more modern than drum (where AIUI the storage surface is the outer circumference, like a phonograph roll); bit less abstract than "a barrel of data". Oracle used to have logos for some products that looked like that (or, come to think of it, like a stack of button-cell batteries): https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvtcholding.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F12%2Fdatabase-icon-47101.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvtcholding.com%2Foracle-database-services%2F&tbnid=sSVaUG-kV2LSsM&vet=12ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygRegUIARDVAQ..i&docid=nkxKLZIuMAZ3SM&w=256&h=256&q=oracle%20cylinders&ved=2ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygRegUIARDVAQ https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvtcholdin... And I've always wondered if they based their HQ building on those logos, or if it was the other way around: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F3205%2F3474603423_dfecf4a4f2_z.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fjym%2F3474603423%2F&tbnid=HnLjA81HXmZvUM&vet=12ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygCegUIARCzAQ..i&docid=ZDRqBMvED6bLUM&w=640&h=398&itg=1&q=oracle%20cylinders&ved=2ahUKEwi86s_X4JDzAhWH_yoKHTatBDQQMygCegUIARCzAQ https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.stat...