Re: [Usability] Save Icon

[Manu Cornet <lmanul ubuntu com>]

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 ?

Cheers,
Manu