You see, here's the problem...technically an affordance does not "permit" a certain type of use, but rather makes it clear through the object's form, location and generally the circumstances of its existence -- that the object is to be used in a particular way.
That may very well be what you meant, but it's also an excellent example of why the term is less than perfectly communicative. Katie At 1:35 PM -0700 3/20/08, christine chastain wrote: >I too, have become very careful in the use of the word in general but >I find that in my work, most often the affordance of an object or >experience is, quite simply, the qualities of that object or >experience that permit it to be used in a specific way. -- ---------------- Katie Albers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
