What is it that people need to learn to take action on an interface? Norman (and later Gaver2, Hartson4, and Norman again8, argued that what we’re really learning is affordances.
Also, small grammar thing, the periods for the “How is this theory useful” bullets are inconsistently used.
Last paragraph is pretty long, maybe split into multiple
“It’s up to the user to then map that feedback onto their goal. If that mapping is simple and direct, the gulf is a small.”
P8 has an open parenthesis without a close
P11 "If that mapping is simple and direct, the gulf is a small." Should this say "the gulf is small"?
P13 "Want to make it easy to learn how to tell a computer to add something to your cart on a website?"
Why are some words bolded? What does this signifier mean?
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Consider including more "real-world" interface examples, real-world analogies are drawn, but without much explanation
More visual representations of concepts like gulf of execution, others. Maybe animations as well ***
Potentially more cog psych background for design ideas
Typos, Low-level editing
What is it that people need to learn to take action on an interface? Norman (and later Gaver2, Hartson4, and Norman again8, argued that what we’re really learning is affordances.
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