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		kd5bjo on July 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Comeback of Fun in Visual Design > “functionality hinting” (I’m sure there’s an actual term for this, but I don’t know what it is) “Affordance” is the term you’re looking for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance#As_perceived_action...

aGHz on July 5, 2020 [–]

It seems the term is in fact "signifiers". From your link:

> Affordances determine what actions are possible. Signifiers communicate where the action should take place. We need both.

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