[TYPO3-hci] RFC: "Floppy" Icons

[Martin Kutschker]

Bernhard Kraft schrieb:
> Hallo !
> 
> This is an RFC.
> 
> In the tceForms dialog, for editing records, there are three icons on
> top for
> * Save
> * Save and Close
> * Save and View
> 
> Those icons contain the symbol of a 3.5" Floppy disc. As we already tend to
> reach the second century of the new yearthousand - 2010 - and almost
> none of
> us used Floppy discs during a whole century - it is questionable if not
> some other symbol should get used.

It's still used in many applications (incl. the MS office suite). While
I agree that actual object depicted fades into oblivion, it's still a
strong icon. I imagine that it still could be used even when no-one who
has ever seen a floppy is alive :)

Masi