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The term comes from an essay by Don Gentner and Jakob Nielsen, who
analysed the progress in GUI made from 1984 till 1996.
Gentner
and Nielsen argue that the standard interface for personal
computers was conceived when most users had no experience with
computing, and the computers themselves were limited, stand-alone
devices.
Now, an entire generation has been raised with computers, and
the PC has evolved into a powerful, connected device.
The old WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menu, Pointer)
interface has not changed to keep up with users or technology,
sticking with clumsy metaphors like the desktop.
Proposed
solutions include a command line interface that can
understand simple instructions, more metadata on
files and objects, etc.
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