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I always wondered why nobody else seemed to follow the lead of Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows. Use "save" and "load" icons that portray arrows pointing to and from fol

by nglevin 14y ago

I always wondered why nobody else seemed to follow the lead of Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows. Use "save" and "load" icons that portray arrows pointing to and from folders [1]. Never have to worry about a floppy again. Turns out, these guys just did that. Except with documents [2] and clouds [3] instead of folders. Guess iOS did away with those. [1] - As seen in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_1-2-3_9.8_Windows.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_1-2-3_9.8_Windows.p... , upper left corner [2] - http://branch.com/b/redesigning-the-save-symbol-let-s-do-this#Z2u5wdLOzRA http://branch.com/b/redesigning-the-save-symbol-let-s-do-thi... [3] - http://branch.com/b/redesigning-the-save-symbol-let-s-do-this#WJZry_lYo-E http://branch.com/b/redesigning-the-save-symbol-let-s-do-thi...

fyi80 14y ago
but wtf is a "folder", now?
- hkmurakami 14y ago
  Don't people still use manilla folders and hanging folders to keep records of various medical/insurance/tax/legal papers at home? (these industries haven't exactly digitized their workflow) (I certainly do)
  - jacalata 14y ago
    I do. My sister, however (not in tech), has a cardboard box with papers in it - and she is considered The Organized One by all her friends.
    - drakeandrews 14y ago
      This sounds familiar. Most of my friends (both in an out of tech) have similar. We also often have a second box full of folders that we're One Day™ going to use to organise our important pieces of paper into.
- krapp 14y ago
  a folder's a folder. Go into an office depot and you can buy boxes of them. people still use them all the time.
hkmurakami 14y ago
People with relatively poor vision may have a problem identifying those icons.
- nglevin 14y ago
  Someone tried to make an effort. The load icon's arrow is bright green, while the save icon's arrow is teal. Which is downright impossible to see at 1440x900. ...I think the idea might have been better than the implementation.

by nglevin 14y ago

fyi80 14y ago

but wtf is a "folder", now?

hkmurakami 14y ago
Don't people still use manilla folders and hanging folders to keep records of various medical/insurance/tax/legal papers at home? (these industries haven't exactly digitized their workflow) (I certainly do)
- jacalata 14y ago
  I do. My sister, however (not in tech), has a cardboard box with papers in it - and she is considered The Organized One by all her friends.
  - drakeandrews 14y ago
    This sounds familiar. Most of my friends (both in an out of tech) have similar. We also often have a second box full of folders that we're One Day™ going to use to organise our important pieces of paper into.
krapp 14y ago
a folder's a folder. Go into an office depot and you can buy boxes of them. people still use them all the time.

hkmurakami 14y ago

People with relatively poor vision may have a problem identifying those icons.

nglevin 14y ago
Someone tried to make an effort. The load icon's arrow is bright green, while the save icon's arrow is teal. Which is downright impossible to see at 1440x900. ...I think the idea might have been better than the implementation.