Agreed. Here's an article that explains this reasoning in more detail: http://blog.tobiasandtobias.com/post/37179466962/in-defense-of-allegorical-design http:/

Agreed. Here's an article that explains this reasoning in more detail: http://blog.tobiasandtobias.com/post/37179466962/in-defense-of-allegorical-design http://blog.tobiasandtobias.com/post/37179466962/in-defense-... Excerpt: Even ‘digital natives’ live in the physical world. We start learning how it works before we ever touch a computer, and even the most dedicated nerd spends more time interacting with physical objects than with digital interfaces. It doesn’t take additional learning to know that an object casting a shadow on another is in front of that other, for example. Failing to leverage that existing knowledge is tantamount to shutting down whole swathes of users’ brains.