About the video: Affordances in UI
Overview
“In this lesson I'll talk about the term 'affordances' and how to implement them in our interfaces.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Affordances in UI, which is part of the Domestika online course: UX/UI Design Specialization: From Research to Accessibility. Create engaging digital experiences with UX design through research, methodology, and strategy for your portfolio.
Partial transcription of the video
“Affordances in UI In the last lesson, we learned about visual hierarchy. Now, we're going to understand how to create affordances in UI. Let's do it. Affordances in UI Celebrated designer, Don Norman, coined the term perceived affordances to refer to properties of components that show users the actions they can take. Users should be able to perceive affordances without having to think about how to use the component. For example, a button can look like it needs to be pushed or rotated or pulled. We want to design interfaces in which the user doesn't need to guess which areas are static conte...”
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Course summary for: UX/UI Design Specialization: From Research to Accessibility
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App Development, Digital Design, Digital Product Design, Information Design, Interactive Design, Mobile Design, UX / UI, Web Design, Web Development

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