Re: [Usability] Re: Save Icon

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On 7 Feb, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Daniel F Moisset wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 09:35 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> > --- Daniel F Moisset <dmoisset grulic org ar> wrote:
> > > Then why not an arrow going into a folder icon?
> >
> > What concerns me about that is that the silhouette of
> > the icon might look very similar to the Open icon,
> > which is also a folder.
>
> If you are doing a full redesign at tango, you could use:
>
>  * open: folder with arrow going out (perhaps a small document at the
> end of the arrow, but i dont know if the detail will be eonugh)
>  * close: folder with arrow going in (again perhaps with a document)
>
> that would make clear the open/save duality, and link the concept with
> documents
> ...

As Joachim just said, the problem is that the Save icon would look very 
similar to the Open icon.

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