ABSTRACT
Operating a computer is quite easy nowadays. We all click our way through our desktops; we send mail; we save documents in folders. We barely realize how these actions are framed by metaphors. Our first association with ‘cleaning a desktop’ has probably more to do with deleting unused icons and files on our PC than with polishing our material desk. We have no problem with the dominant office metaphors, even when they blend with metaphors from other settings, such as home, menu, or window.
