// Glossary
Affordance
3 topics
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Do Beautiful Design and Usable Design Contradict Each Other?
The properties of an interface element that naturally suggest how it should be used. Includes button shadows, colors, and hover effects. Excessive beauty can sometimes impair these cues.
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Does the Shape of a Button Create the Desire to Click It?
The property of an object or environment that makes certain actions possible and invites them. Proposed by James Gibson and Donald Norman; in UI design, it refers to how clearly a button communicates 'clickability' through visual cues.
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Why Is It So Difficult to Be Simple?
Visual and perceptual cues that indicate how an object can be used. Even simple designs require clear affordances.