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Re:In Defense of the Floppy Disk [video] by InclinedPlane on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @09:05PM (#9933373)
Nothing wrong with the Floppy Disk icon. It's unique, which is all that matters. It no longer represents a physical thing that people use routinely, not a big deal. Now, if we could only figure out how to have search and zoom use different icons...
Re:In Defense of the Floppy Disk [video] by function_seven on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @09:15PM (#9933399)
Some applications use binoculars to indicate search. Yet that could easily me mistaken for zoom, though...

Iconifying things is hard.

Re:In Defense of the Floppy Disk [video] by tomerico on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @09:46PM (#9933509)
a good zoom icon is a magnifying glass with a + (or -) sign inside