I think I’ve heard that Microsoft is replacing it though unfortunately (but I don’t have a source, so take it with a grain of salt)
I also talked to a design student who said that the whole design community hated the current save icon, so we might be doomed to a new meaningless minimalistic icon.
Design people and looking for ways to mess with perfectly fine stuff while pretending to innovate, how surprising.
Don’t get me wrong, a good (UX) designer is always a godsend, but the amount of mediocre ones reinventing the wheel is staggering.
Lol, this never even occured to me. I guess I just got used to it.
Kinda like the phone icon (📞) , phones don’t look like that anymore
Yeah, but at least I actually recognized that as a phone. The floppy disk thing has always been more of a what the hell is that kinda thing.
Wow, it hadn’t even crossed my mind that people ALREADY might not recognize it.
Caduceus is a symbol from 3000 BC and it’s still often used as a pharmacy logo despite not many people knowing what those snakes are supposed to mean.
That’s a good point, the Rod of Asclepius (⚕️) and the Recipe symbol (℞) (meaning take) are both pretty ancient and still recognized.
The Rod of Asclepius is part of the Star of Life ( wikipedia ) which is a current international first-aid station symbol since the Red Cross has become too stingy with its trademark (they frown on the Red Cross in games and toys even though they’re teaching implements)
And yes, the Rod of Asclepius is commonly confused with the Hermetic Caduceus even in official medical graphics. Much like the four-leaf clover appears in seasonal St. Patricks Day merch.
