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		spockz on Aug 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sugar: Open-source software learning platform for ... The floppy disk save icon might be “very obvious” to you. But how is a kid of this era who has never seen a 3.5” floppy disk supposed to know that that means save?

intertextuality on Aug 31, 2019 [–]

Because every other website uses that or the down arrow. It can be not only objects seen in real life but also icons consistent with other sites.

Anecdotally I’ve never seen a floppy disk in real life.

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