"skeuomorphs" in the 21st century

[Joel S. Berson]

"skeuomorph" seems to have morphed into -- or rather cloned -- a
variant sense in the computer age: a design feature that imitates an
older mechanism to preserve users' familiarity and comfort.  See:

http://tinyurl.com/6jcb9p6

Why Innovation Doffs an Old Hat, by Joshua Brustein, NYTimes, Feb. 12, 2011.
[subhead in print version:] Breakthroughs like the Kindle and the
iPad retain cues to keep users grounded in what came before.

Joel

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