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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.
what on earth could that icon even be at this point?
The same thing as every "design" minimalistic icon.
A cryptic symbol with no direct meaning I am afraid
Isn't that effectively what the floppy disk is to most computer users today?
Not exactly. It can be confusing at first, but then you see that it's a standard in most apps, and you're fine. The most curious ones will look for more info and find the historical roots.
In other words, the floppy disk has meaning, just like most proverbs that come from ancient roots, but are still used and understood everywhere.
Well yeah, but not all computer users today.
A vault or filing cabinet.๐ Or, every file can track all the state-changes with every keytype or click and update the permanent file whenever there's a pause in activity.
An arrow pointing into a box, like the download icon. That's all I can really think of...
But what if the software has both options, to save and to download?