Hi. I'm Lis.
I defend the floppy disk icon against people who think it's no longer effective. They have their gut feelings that it doesn't work, I have research showing it does.
3. Save designed by Cris Dobbins from The Noun Project
I DEFEND THE FLOPPY DISK...
4. Download designed by Michael Zenaty from The Noun Project
…AGAINST THIS ICON, WHICH INSTRUCTS YOU
TO PUT YOUR FILE IN HALF A BOX.
5. Students designed by Piotrek Chuchla from The Noun Project
PEOPLE THINK STUDENTS DON’T KNOW THE
FLOPPY DISK, SO I ASKED OVER 500 HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT THAT AND 10
OTHER ICONS.
6. 1. What is this a picture of?
2. What does this represent on a computer or phone?
EACH RESPONDENT ANSWERED TWO
QUESTIONS. BELOW ARE THE RESULTS:
8. Pencil 97%
No guess
2%
Pen 1%
Draw 13%
No guess 17%
Edit/Write 7%
Draw/Edit 2%
Note 2%
Pencil 2%
Draw/Write 2%
New 2%
Type 2%
Other 5%
Write 24%
Edit 22%
What does it
represent?
What is this?
13. ID
Card
39%
Rolodex 8%
No guess 10%
Address Book 7%
Contact Card 18%
Photo ID 6%
Contact 4%
Other 8%
Contacts
63%
Profile 13%
No Guess 18%
Address Book 2%
Other 4%
What does it
represent?
What is this?
14. Floppy
Disk 91%
Hard drive 2%
Flash/SD/
Memory card 2%
No guess 3%
Other 2%
Save 91%
No guess 3%
Memory 1%
Storage 2%
Other 3%
What does it
represent?
What is this?
17. Chain
77%
Paperclip 9%
Link 6%
No guess 6%
Other 2%
Link
54%
Connection 6%
Attachment 11%
Attachment/Link 2%
Share 3%
No guess 15%
Other 9%
What does it
represent?
What is this?