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Do Metaphors Make Web Browsers Easier to Use?

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This online research paper by Elissa D Smilowitz concludes that "Good metaphors facilitate performance, and poor metaphors are no more effective than non-metaphoric interfaces. Interestingly, the metaphor advantage appears to be carried in the language or terminology (i.e., function labels)...not through the graphics." (Feb-09-97)

The link address is: http://www.baddesigns.com/mswebcnf.htm

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