Because the word has been used increasingly loosely -- as you've
described -- I don't use it any more. When I used it, I wound up
having to go through an explanation of what an affordance really is
-- or why it's different from what they think it means. Not using the
term saves me the Battle
Wow, I just want to say thank you to everyone who weighed in on this.
This is why I love IxDA :)
I always struggle in explaining these sorts of situations without giving
away details about the actual application, but let me make an attempt.
Katie, it's not quite as dire as you might think, ha!
Hi all,
If you're in or around London on the 27th, there will be an IxDA
meetup and mixer event. We'll be starting around 6:30.
The location is yet to be finalised (sorry, I've been working weekends
and haven't had time to organise things yet!). Choice is probably
between the Dog and Duck in Soho
In addition to iGoogle, Google Reader lets you drag and drop to reorder your
feed list. And in Google Calendar, you can move events using drag and drop.
Best,
--
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Had a look at this Flickr set today:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/desire_paths [*]
It shows examples of when humans have eschewed the predefined path to take a
shortcut instead. Really nice visualisation of the path of least resistance.
How have you observed this happening online? Have you used
Hi Vlad,
I am currently finishing my Masters degree in Interaction Design at the
Utrecht Shool for the Arts in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The program
has been around for quite some time now (almost 15 years). The focus is
very much on design, not on computer science and it looks like it will
I use it to mean, the impression an object conveys that it can be
acted on. Very broad and general. The idea is that affordance is a
quality that some objects have that says touch/manipulate me and
something will happen. This quality is dependent on context.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
There's currently a lot of buzz about the forthcoming release of Adobe
Thermo. We all have read the article about the product and watched the
sneak peek video of the product's presentation.
It looks like everybody is very excited about the tool. I am curious to
discuss it and hear opinions. What
I'm looking for public internet based websites (not fat client) that
feature drag and drop functionality. Anybody have any favorite examples
to share?
Another example of Drag-and-drop:
I recently started playing with Zude (www.zude.com). You can
*drag-and-drop* pages from other sites into Zude
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Christopher Hlavaty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the discipline of IxD, the word has been used to define a possible
action perceived by a user within some environment (Norman 1988). In the
classic example, the affordance of a door with a flat metal plate is
Some public examples I have seen are
www.bbc.co.uk
and I just saw that the redesigned LinkedIn now allows some dragging of
components.
- Katie
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Victor Lombardi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don Norman also saw that discrepancy, and at some point revised it to
perceivable affordance.
I just found the link:
Affordances and Design
http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/affordances_and.html
Scriptaculous shopping cart demo: http://demo.script.aculo.us/shop
The Flickr organizing tools use drag and drop extensively to arrange
sets and to place photos on maps:
http://flickr.com/photos/organize/
...Dan
On Mar 19, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Fine, David wrote:
I'm looking for public internet
Netflix http://www.netflix.com uses drag and drop in their queue
management screen.
Hugh G.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Dan Harrelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Scriptaculous shopping cart demo: http://demo.script.aculo.us/shop
The Flickr organizing tools use drag and drop extensively to
Chris,
I don't think the second 'definition' you laid out is correct.
Affordance is not an object (metal plate), or a quality assigned to
an object (glossiness); it is the perceived action associated with or
communicated by an object.
I can see where the issue might get confused, and perhaps
Vlad
At ProofHQ (www.proofhq.com) we mulled over this issue for a few
weeks and tested various options.
We ended up with just six fields and did away with Captcha. However,
we are still not sure about granting instant access. Confirmation of
email ownership is important to prevent users
Hi,
It's rather strange to ask this question after having started a number of
threads already :), however I am puzzled with the fact that there is no
Start new thread button on the Discussion page at ixda.org
(http://ixda.org/discuss.php). At least I'm unable to find it. Is this on
purpose, and
I think it's both :-) Affordance is the noun, the perceived clue that
suggests an action (based upon context, situation, goals, etc.).
Afford is the verb, like what does this object afford, or the
particular action the user would perform based upon the clue
perceived. (a chair affords
I use the whole list through email.. so when I want to start a thread
i go to gmail and send a new message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Oleg Krupnov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
It's rather strange to ask this question after having started a number of
threads
Your supposed to use email to start new threads.
There is a reason for this. Something about security, spam, etc. Forget
exactly what.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I use the whole list through email.. so when I want to start a thread
i go to
I think the context is important here. This isn't financial or
medical; it's a social-mapping website. Is it secure enough for what
they're doing? Probably. Platial's signup process seems to be in
line with a whole raft of other social websites that value
instant-access over identity verification.
Hi Oleg,
The IxDA Discussion list was originally an e-mail only list and
e-mail is still the primary channel. All new threads are started via
e-mail at the address Matthew mentions.
There's an overview here:
http://www.ixda.org/about_help.php
The delay you were encountering had nothing to do
I'm currently working on a redesign on an application that creates
threads of emails and related information. I was wondering if anyone
knows of really good examples beyond google mail and the threading in
apple mail. My focus is on how to display the threads, which are
central to the
I've been using site5.com for several years and have been happy with them.
I also use hostmonster.com, but so lightly it'd be hard to really say
how good they are.
At 10:55 AM -0400 3/19/08, Micah Freedman wrote:
Hi All,
I'm looking into web hosting for a client again, and thought I'd get
Seriously, this is actually very good...
From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordances
An affordance is the quality of an object, or an environment, that
allows an individual to perform action. The term is used in a variety
of fields: perceptual psychology, cognitive
I agree, and so I'm not asking what the product itself feels like, but what
you expect it to be, in context of your work, and in a more specific way
than just WOW :)
--
View this message in context:
http://www.nabble.com/What%27s-exciting-in-Adobe-Thermo--tp16177473p16181825.html
Sent from the
Alla wrote:
I was wondering the same thing but could not start
a new thread to ask : ) I personally do not subscribe
the email
Just a note. You should still be able to send e-mail to the list even
if you aren't receiving e-mail. If not, send a message to list at
ixda.org.
// jeff
. . .
I use it to mean, the impression an object conveys that it can be
acted on.
I think of it more as an aspect of a design that communicates how a person
can interact with an object.
-r-
Welcome to the Interaction Design
Another good example of teasing compelling content/functionality is the very
2.0 practise of tagging 'Beta' to the end of unfinished stuff. Songbird was
'coming soon' for ages (http://www.songbirdnest.com/), and we can all track
down other apps that seem to have been in Beta for ages.
The key is
Oleg,
I saw a live demo given by Narciso Jaramillo at Interaction 08 and
blogged about it here:
http://designaday.tumblr.com/post/26687818
Jack
On Mar 20, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Oleg Krupnov wrote:
I agree, and so I'm not asking what the product itself feels like,
but what
you expect it to
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Hi Kevin,
The flip side to this is looking at what to avoid. It's really
possible to go overboard with threading. Gmail and Apple Mail strike
a nice balance, but sites like Slashdot and our own Mailman archives
represent threading relationships with more fidelity than is
generally necessary.
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.
Hey junior designers -
Are you an interaction design/UI design college student looking for an
internship this summer? Do you have passion around designing things
to help people better manage their health? If so, we may have a great
summer opportunity for you.
Our group, Digital Health (a part
Your right to the extent that many aren't right - or at least aren't right
anymore - and most metaphors we use in interaction/interface design are
partially broken. The other thing is that I wonder if the good academic work
of HCI was actually happening after people already had come up with for
A question for experienced Interaction Designers:
what academic courses have proven to be the most valuable in providing you with
the conceptual and practical skills to succeed at your profession??
what academic courses were not valuable?
Your guidance may help the next generation of
I'm not sure what you're asking for so my answer might be OT...
I personally love gmail's threadding, so I'd make a gmail clone and
start adding features like:
- attaching and detaching mails to a conversation (those Re: replies
breaking the conversation is pretty annoying)
- attaching and
First - regarding upload and download - the use of these terms within this
community is so self-evident as to be tautological. Upload and downlode make
use of the spatial metaphors that here is down and there is up. Why there is
up is up for debate - but thats the way it is. For more on metaphor -
I find branching discussions confusing. Here is why: the discussions unfold
over a period of time. I might read several responses before I write my own
to the original message. With the branched navigation I create an unwieldy
semantic tree, where my response to the 2nd message, which
In Brazil we have just one Interaction Design course (Belo Horizonte -
Brazil) . It`s the first post graduation course here. And I have just
concluded it. :-)
The program included:
Interaction Design fundamentals
Human factors
Interaction Styles
User Centered Design
Prototyping
Usability methods
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