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Interface copy is an affordance: reading it is an act that gives the user information for what to do next.

Drawn from what Ryan Singer said

design
What this subject means

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

Affordances and signifiers

What makes a design good?under our view: Good design disappears: it is obvious to use, explains itself, and is never noticed Which mental models should a designer think with?under our view: An interface must show what can be done: affordances, signifiers and a conceptual model

What Ryan Singer actually said

  1. Ryan Singer by Author of Shape Up; formerly head of strategy at Basecamp
    We consider interface copy to be an affordance, too. Reading it is an act that gives the user information for subsequent actions.

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