Does Metaphor Increase Visual Language Usability? (SoP)

Blackwell, A. F. and T. R. G. Green (1999). Does Metaphor Increase Visual Language Usability? 1999 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages (VL'99).

This paper considers the claim that visual languages support learning through a visual metaphor of the system that increases usability. Experimental results showed that there were no significant usability benefits when using metaphors as opposed to non-metaphorical interfaces.