Jeff G. and Jerome R. have a good point here about a continuous save, snapshot save, or checkpoints.
Could we remove the save button completely if these checkpoints were constantly saved ala Gmail or other apps that save drafts on a regular basis. The user would then only be required to set a period between which they want saves to occur. To revert back to older versions the user would view an interactive timeline showing previews of their different With the amount of computing power and disk space these days the limitation here seems to be user culture and interface design. Going back to the original question though with our mental model how it is, how about replacing the icon of a disk with an icon of a icon of a box/briefcase/shelf that has paper files going into it? When items have been successfully saved the object will close. The idea being that instead of saving it to a disk you are in essence, putting the object away in a safe place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
