Mobile Menu Icon Main Header Logo Menu About Team Process History Work Services Industries Clients Contact Blog Blog post Template Simple Share Buttons Adder (7.6.21) simplesharebuttons.com Share this... Facebook Twitter Linkedin email RSS Skeuomorphism Gone Bad: When Visual Metaphors Fail Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 by Todd When people first started interacting with computers, software designers chose visual metaphors to help users acclimate to the new environment. The folder icon is a good early example. It immediately made sense that this was a place to store documents. The idea that one could organize documents in folders was perfectly intuitive because it was wholly consistent with our physical world experience. Mission accomplished. Fast-forward several decades, and we find ourselves in a digital world where the calendar on our comp...