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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

Subjectdesign

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

On the topicWhat makes a design good?under our view: Good design disappears: it is obvious to use, explains itself, and is never noticed

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A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Ryan Singer actually said

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  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.

    Where this was said

    ↗Shape Up, chapter 4: Find the Elementsbasecamp.com

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