supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?message-squaremessage-square290linkfedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down19
arrow-up1250arrow-down1message-squareIf you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square290linkfedilink
minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·2 months agoNot if you’re saving to the cloud…
minus-squareRedEye FlightControl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s called an upload, literally the opposite
minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoA download is an upload viewed from the other end. If you’re not on either end - saving cloud to cloud… It makes less sense. Saving can be either upload or download… Saving is saving. By your argument, saving to a nas is uploading too just because the storage isn’t local.
minus-squarefrizzo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYou upload to save to the cloud
minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoFrom where to where and how is that uploading from your perspective? What if you save from cloud to a local nas or a remote nas. Saving is saving. Download and upload are relative.
Not if you’re saving to the cloud…
That’s called an upload, literally the opposite
A download is an upload viewed from the other end.
If you’re not on either end - saving cloud to cloud… It makes less sense.
Saving can be either upload or download… Saving is saving.
By your argument, saving to a nas is uploading too just because the storage isn’t local.
Then it points up.
You upload to save to the cloud
From where to where and how is that uploading from your perspective? What if you save from cloud to a local nas or a remote nas.
Saving is saving. Download and upload are relative.