In the version control universe, you would "tag" your file(s) to identify a particular snapshot of your work (e.g. "version 1.1")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control#Baselines.2C_labels.2C_and_tags On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Coryndon Luxmoore <[email protected]> wrote: > Strictly speaking save as a function is a holdover from the day that > computers were not capable of retaining a running list of all edits and > storing them in real time. > > So in my mind the question is if we remove the need to save a file how do I > mark a significant point in the creation of a file? > > --C > > -------------------------------------------- > Coryndon Luxmoore > Interaction Designer > > coryndon (at) luxmoore (dot) com > --------------------------------------------- > > On Mar 19, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Den Serras wrote: > >> I had the same conversation with a friend just yesterday. We've seen >> icons with a down arrow pointing at a hard disk or computer (which >> also seems to mean export), but the best I've seen is a down arrow >> pointing into a folder. >> >> As a thought experiment, we wondered what if the world didn't have >> floppies, and "save" was just invented. What would it look like? We >> liked the folder/arrow idea, since it's cross-platform, or a folder >> with a document going in it. Since these days files are not >> associated with physical storage anywhere near as much, we thought it >> might be possible to use an icon for the concept of save rather than a >> symbol referencing the process of saving a file to disc. We thought of >> liferings, lifeguards, hands, rescue boats, helicopters, and banks. >> That led us to using the philosophy behind "save" - making >> something safe - which led to bank vaults/safes, baseball home >> plates, file cabinets, keys, combo locks, keyholes, doors, houses, >> bank buildings, cash registers, and security images like fences, >> walls, barbed wire, and castles. >> >> I'm sure there's a lot more out there... >> >> >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Posted from the new ixda.org >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40180 >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [email protected] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
