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> Affordances are to imply meaning That's actually called a signifier. https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/94270 https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/94270

• timcederman 9y ago
  I disagree. A signifier gets into semiotics, but more explicitly. e.g. the word "push" is a signifier, but a large bar that makes it seem like you can push it is a perceived affordance.
  • apotheothesomai 9y ago
    Speaking of them as signifiers isn't useful here, but yes, these are signifiers. You said yourself they convey meaning. The implication of their use wouldn't happen without signification. One could even write a book about the discourse of affordances. It would be boring and irrelevant, but it wouldn't be wrong. Sorry, just defending the mechanics of meaning.
    • caveatemptor 9y ago
      Someone did (in a manner of speaking): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things