• Victor@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      You have multiple scenarios. Save…

      • from memory to disk
      • from cloud to disk
      • from memory to cloud
      • from cloud (their memory) to cloud (their disk); kind of unusual these days but it’s a scenario that’s not always automatic.

      You think these all apply to the concept of “download”?

      • RedEye FlightControl@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        I said none of that. I don’t know why you’d assume any of the above from an obviously simplified laymans’ explanation of the concept of a download. I’m well aware of this, but my target audience may not be. Write for your audience, not for you.

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          8 days ago

          But why are you focusing on the download aspect? The subject at hand is an icon for saving, and saving can happen as in those several scenarios, if not more.

          So, do you think a download icon like that fits them all? Especially those that don’t involve your local disk at all?

          Let’s stick to the subject, above injecting tangential technical correction asides. 👍

          • RedEye FlightControl@lemmy.world
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            7 days ago

            *Because *I replied to a comment that says “that’s a download button”.

            I made no other comment, and what I said is correct.

            I’m blocking you to stop you from wasting any more of my time because you can’t read.

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              7 days ago

              lol, but when they said “that’s a download button”, they meant that it doesn’t make sense as a save button, for those reasons I mentioned.

              You can’t read.

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      8 days ago

      Downloading is specifically not saving in this metaphor. That’s essentially making a record copy, not overwriting the source.