Metaphor
Argument for:
In a new situation if you have to guess what something means (a
new road sign) or how something works (a new gadget) we are usually
driven by similarity to cases we already know about. -- ANALOGY
Argument against:
" I think basing a user interface design on a metaphor is not
only unhelpful but can often be quite harmful. The idea that good
user interface design is based on metaphors is one of the most insidious
of the many myths that permeate the software community." -
Cooper The
Myth of Metaphor
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