DgarI found a box of drink coasters in the shape of a save icon!
How cool is that?
The FrogIn all seriousness there's an entire generation who have absolutely no clue about the meaning of the save icon.
Justin Skists@Lily_and_Frog @dgar They also probably don't know why they're called "files" and why they keep them in "folders".
Atom596
Zeborah@atom596 @jskists @Lily_and_Frog @dgar It's not about stupidity. Current uni students are less likely to understand files and folders because they're more likely to use a device where the file structure is obscured by the apps.
They'll come to the helpdesk in a panic saying "I've lost all my Endnote citations and my assignment's due!" so you ask where they saved the Endnote file (like, their laptop, uni desktop, cloud...) and they're all "....??? In Endnote, duh."
@atom596 @jskists @Lily_and_Frog @dgar This is a way of life which fills me with horror and dread (I've lived through enough laptop migrations and new software variants that I not only want to know where all my files are, I want them to be in a standard format I can easily migrate from system to system) but I can understand how it's come about from the user perspective, and can even grudgingly understand why the app-makers made their (regrettable) decisions.
Benoît Jones@zeborah @atom596 @jskists @Lily_and_Frog @dgar
This is why I loved having a Windows phone (RIP). Android and iOS are so opaque about where things are saved it does my head in.
This is why I loved having a Windows phone (RIP). Android and iOS are so opaque about where things are saved it does my head in.