http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance mamund +1.859.757.1449 skype: mca.amundsen http://amundsen.com/blog/ http://twitter.com/mamund https://github.com/mamund http://www.linkedin.com/in/mamund On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Ruben Verborgh <ruben.verborgh@ugent.be>wrote: > Hi Kingsley > > > Note, "Affordance" doesn't show up in any of the standard dictionaries I > have access to. That said, it does have a Wiktionary entry [1], but that > particular definition doesn't actually make a case for it being immutable > or devoid of an alternative :-) > > Norman's "The Design of Everyday Things" describes the word nicely. > > In case it is of any help, my understanding of the word "affordance" is > based on the verb: > - a URL enables addressing a resource => the URL is an enabler; > - the link affords going to the resource => the link is an affordance. > > Best, > > Ruben > > >
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