We should keep it. The benefit from switching is miniscule, and the value lost in continuity and recognizability is massive.
I'm tired of designers chasing fads.
I'm tired of designers chasing fads.
Notepad++, MS Office and Emacs has the floppy.
Safe -- regarding obsoletion: probably a safe bet compared to a piggy bank (pun intended)
- "Hey, why is the character for 'sun' so boxy? The sun is round! Let's make the character a bit rounder! New Unicode position!"
- "Oh, but you forgot to remove the line in the middle, I need a new Unicode position for my variant!"
- "Wait! In my newly designed font, I just replaced the original one. What do I do with the two new Unicode characters? And should I keep the horizontal line in the middle?"