On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Manu Cornet wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:38:27 +0100 > From: Manu Cornet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected], Joachim Noreiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] Save Icon > > > Hi ! > > > That's true. > > But they don't think of saving as 'writing' either. > > The writing part is what they've done with their > > keyboard. An icon of a pen writing could be understood > > to mean 'edit'. > > When they save a document, they're storing / > > preserving their work. Those are the things we need > > to convey, which is hard as they're fairly abstract. > > I agree that the pen-and-paper icon wouldn't fit... > > Another idea : what about a safe (the strong kind, where people keep > very precious stuff, with a code), or something similar ?
That kind of iconography tends to be associate with encrypted documents. I would have associated the life saver with saving but that is already taken for help, I preferred the old question mark '?' in a speech bubble. - Alan _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
