Arrow to disk.
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A crucifix...
...because Jesus saves.
Early, and often.
When jesus saaaay "yes", nobody can't say "you don't have the permissions to write on this volume" 🎶
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The concept of saving is itself antiquated. Your data should always be saved.
An arrow pointing into a folder, similar to this. Sidesteps the tech issue altogether.
I mean, you're just replacing one archaic symbol with another.
I still use folders to organize paper documents. Taxes and medical stuff mostly.
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Is there an icon that expresses the default cloud save location as well as the circuitous GUI you need to navigate yo select your desired location on local storage?
That's a good one for local storage.
Some software uses that arrow with a cloud to say it's saved into the cloud.
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You can't just jump to the future, so use this one for the next decade:
Hard drives pre-dated floppy discs by 15 years.
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Go older: a punch card being inserted into a tray
An SSD or HDD disk lol.
Something like the symbol Mac uses/used for external storage
every letter in the alphabet started as a symbol of something 2500-6000 years ago, "A" for instance is an upside-down Ox head. people in future generations will continue using the floppy symbol, cuz they learned that means saving, despite floppies not being relevant to their lives
Given the impermanence of any storage medium today, I'm thinking a puff of smoke would convey the sentiment with the right level of user expectation.
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A squirrel, as in to squirrel it away
Best answer, but the save button should save the file somewhere random each time on the storage if the icon is a squirrel.
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I've already seen it replaced in some applications. Don't like that.
I know it's "if you have to", but if I have any choice at all, the floppy icon stays.
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