Monday, November 23, 2009

Affordance


The little top thing is.....
The big handle on the big thing controls the.....
Clockwise is for.....
Counterclockwise....
The little handle on the big thing moves along with the big handle on the big thing.. so the things that they each control (whatever those may be) change simultaneously... or maybe not...

Affordance is an object's (or in the case a system's) ability to "tell" you how to use it.

This system didn't speak to me at all. I was cold, wet and confused.

Could happen to you. "The Psychology of Everyday Things", Donald A Norman.

1 comment:

owlice said...

"This system didn't speak to me at all. I was cold, wet and confused."

That made me laugh out loud! Thanks for that!!