How (and when) do you describe affordance in your Interaction Design?

1. What is affordance in interaction design?
2. What is an affordance as described in interface and interaction design?
3. What do you mean by affordances?
4. Where is affordance used?

What is affordance in interaction design?

An affordance is what a user can do with an object based on the user's capabilities. As such, an affordance is not a “property” of an object (like a physical object or a User Interface).

What is an affordance as described in interface and interaction design?

Affordance is a property or feature of an object which presents a prompt on what can be done with this object. In short, affordances are cues which give a hint how users may interact with something, no matter physical or digital. For example, when you see a door handle, it is a prompt you can use it to open the door.

What do you mean by affordances?

/əˈfɔːr.dəns/ a use or purpose that a thing can have, that people notice as part of the way they see or experience it: In design, perceived affordance is important — that is, our implicit understanding of how to interact with an object.

Where is affordance used?

In the context of UI and UX, affordances are used to help users know what they should do without having to use pictures, labels or instructions. A great example of affordances are buttons, users know that buttons can be pushed because they resemble the buttons that they encounter and push in real life.