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Re:Affordances and Signifiers by cinntaile on Sunday March 28, 2021 @04:24PM (#26614122)
The book "the design of everyday things" by Don Norman deals with this for design. I think he even coined the term?
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Re:Affordances and Signifiers by jujodi on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:23AM (#26619663)
Yep, I think he actually coined the term signifiers while pleading for the the same distinction I'm trying to make. James J Gibson coined the term affordances though as far as I know.
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