All interaction is learned. There is literally nothing that is obvious to the unexperienced thats not the discussion here.<p>The question is whether the metaphor model that Don &amp; co are advocating is a better one and to which I would argue it&#x27;s not because that too rely en metaphors to be learned.<p>The touch metaphor is litterally the way into the interface (ahh i can touch things, ahh i can also swipe things etc.)<p>In the classical universe you had several layers of abstraction between the user and the content. Apple is trying to make it as close to a one to one relationship they can. Your examples are about something completely different.