Monday, November 14, 2011

affordance-Li Chean

Affordance(definition): properties or quality of an object that allow individual to use/act on them - J.J Gibson

Properties of affordance:
-it will not change,for the needs or goals of individual
-It depends on ability of individual on how suitable for them to use.
-it exist due to capabilities action of particular individual (example-OKU)  

having a good affordance:
-users can directly knowing it without thinking and testing too much or by looking signs and label to do actions.

Perceive affordance:
-by Donald Norman
-refer to the properties of people how could people use it 
-interested in what user perceives than what actually truth.

Elements of perceived affordance :
-culture 
-context
-instinct
-mental model

Forcing functions: 
- Lock-in
- Lock-out
-Interlock

Summary:
- persuasive-design are needed,even it involve in money making. 
- Profitable to the client = profitable to user

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