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True, and in a similar vein, we still have the floppy disk icon for "save to disk". In 20 years, most users will have never seen a floppy disk in their entire l
by SkipperCat 4y ago
True, and in a similar vein, we still have the floppy disk icon for "save to disk". In 20 years, most users will have never seen a floppy disk in their entire life. Still, the icon will remain.
- johannes1234321 4y ago> Still, the icon will remain. Not really. The need to "save" is becoming less and less relevant. All changes are synced with the cloud and stored immediately. Even in some programming IDEs the need to save is a lot less common.
- minsight 4y ago> All changes are synced with the cloud and stored immediately An optimistic outlook, to be sure. Many Dropbox, iCloud, AWS, etc. users who've been burned by their experiences might beg to differ.
- cdbyr 4y agoI hope not - for projects with any complexity, knowing I’ve got a checkpoint means I don’t need to think hard about doing risky things. I wonder if Microsoft keeps stats on how many Office users use auto save.
- elidendo 4y agoThe "call" button on mobile phones is a rotary handset.
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoOr normal corded telephone handset.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoIt's not a floppy, it's a Zip100!
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