Save icon, is the floppy disk icon dead?

This Twitter post sparked me to ask the question:
totally! RT @damienguard: Dear UI
designers everywhere. Stop using
floppy disk icons for save. Too many
people have no idea what it is now.
So, is the floppy disk icon obsolet…
friendly version of date formats

The users of my application have the ability to choose their prefered date format between:
dd/mm/yyyy
mm/dd/yyyy
yyyy-mm-dd
The 1st one (which has the Java pattern dd/MM/yyyy) produces 31/12/2011.
I’ve decided that a mor…
friendly version of date formats

The users of my application have the ability to choose their prefered date format between:
dd/mm/yyyy
mm/dd/yyyy
yyyy-mm-dd
The 1st one (which has the Java pattern dd/MM/yyyy) produces 31/12/2011.
I’ve decided that a more friendly ver…
Should a light switch be small or big, or does this depend on other factors?

Small and big light switch compared:
It’s strange that this usually differs by country. The big ones are easier to hit, but the small ones provide better feedback (if you don’t immediately see the light). What one is the …
What are innovative, new ways to design Master/Child relationships on a page? [on hold]
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I’m currently working on a ASP.net application that has a variety of master, child relationships, portrayed on the page in a master gridview with tabs below. While this works for a somewhat small set of relationships, I was w…
What are innovative, new ways to design Master/Child relationships on a page? [on hold]
![What are innovative, new ways to design Master/Child relationships on a page? [on hold]](https://uxsharelab.com/wp-content/themes/proxima/images/thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
I’m currently working on a ASP.net application that has a variety of master, child relationships, portrayed on the page in a master gridview with tabs below. While this works for a somewhat small set of relationships, I was w…
Where can you find high resolution images of Android phones?

I’m looking for high res Android phone “shell” to more effectively visualize my Android apps.
For example, the Samsung Galaxy Vibrant:
http://www.samsung.com/us/system/consumer/product/sg/hi/89/sghi897zkaatt/SGH-I897ZKAAT…
What are the most important scientific papers about “Adaptive User Interface for mobile devices”?

What are the most important scientific papers about “Adaptive User Interface for mobile devices” ?
Shortly, I need to do a research about how to generate AUIs for mobile device depending on user task, device features, contex…
Recommended button sizes on web pages

What are the current usability guidelines for the size of buttons (or anything clickable) on web pages?
How to graphically represent a language

Websites often present language selection to users with flag icons, but I think this is simply wrong. Flags represent countries.
There are two reasons for a user to change the display language (or at least click on that flag…