In this instance though, the fork is the method by which you interact with the food. In GUIs, the GUI elements are the ways you interact with the underlying con

In this instance though, the fork is the method by which you interact with the food. In GUIs, the GUI elements are the ways you interact with the underlying concepts in the program (the food). The fork is basically a GUI element, eg. a button. Buttons appearing to be anything but buttons is as useful as a fork being shaped like a playing card - it isn't useful at all, and I could not easily shovel food into my fat face with aplomb. I am not saying that custom GUI controls/widgets shouldn't be invented where needed, just that the basics being reinvented just for the sake of reinvention is unnecessary, and confusing.