next generation won't find a floppy disk in real life. we better use some thing else
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Tony Pursell <a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>wrote: > On 29 December 2011 00:29, NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > On 12/28/2011 03:59 PM, NoOp wrote: > > > On 12/28/2011 02:46 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > ... > > >> > > >> Until I checked it out just now, I didn't realise that the Save icon > > used > > >> in the Ubuntu version of LO is actually a broad green downward arrow > on > > top > > >> of a representation of a Hard drive. Now, I have had no problems > saving > > >> documents, so I imagine that things like the position of the icon > (next > > to > > >> the Open File icon) and the tool tip are all part of identifying the > > Save > > >> icon. When I looked at the floppy disk icon on my wife's Win 7 > > version, I > > >> realise how old fashioned it looks. > > >> > > >> Tony > > >> > > > > > > That is because you have your icon style set to 'Human'. Ubuntu > includes > > > openoffice.org-style-human and libreoffice-style-human in their > > > repositories. If LO provided the same & set the default to 'Human' the > > > save icon would be the same (disk drive with a down arrow). > > > > > > > > > > Correction: libreoffice-style-humanity > > See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/757304 > > > > Thanks for the explanation of why Ubuntu is different. > > The point I am making is that an old fashioned floppy disk is not the only > icon > used for Save and the world will not come to an end if some other > appropriate, > and more modern, icon is used in its place. Having said that, a hard drive > may > be old fashioned in a few years time when SSDs become the norm. > > Tony > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Danishka Navin http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/danishkanavin http://www.flickr.com/photos/danishkanavin/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
