"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>  I really can't understand why the "real-world metaphor" GUI is so
> popular even though every single GUI design guide I know vehemently
> speaks against using that metaphor.

Have you read the Apple Human Interface Design Principles?  Its first
item is about using real-world metaphors.

>  Firstly, people who use the media player program are more accustomed to
> using GUI programs in that system (be it Windows or anything else)

Not if your target consumer is the computer-adverse user who is more
familiar with traditional meatspace hardware.  There's still more of them
than not.

-- 
Tim Cook
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