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This makes me curious as to what proposals there have been for a universal save icon otherwise.
Saving data is a fairly abstract concept if you have no knowledge about computers. I have a difficult time thinking of something that someone who has never interacted with a computer could look at and come to an intuitive conclusion that the symbol means to save.
Maybe one of those life preserver rings? I guess part of the problem is that “save” has (at least) two meanings. To create a record of, but also to rescue. They’re kind of close, and certainly having a record of your data can rescue you, but yeah, the concept and its overlap gets “fuzzy.” Interesting question!
Lol if a life preserver how bout a cross cuz Jesus saves
Hockey goalie mask & stick.
GTA2 vibe.
Life preservers are already associated with the "help" action
I thought that was usually a question mark or exclamation point. But I’m not a Microsoft user, so it might be different on the platforms I use.