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Since Norman's appropriation of Gibson's conception of affordance to explain the design of products and technologies, this mainstream HCI concept has changed to reflect the evolution in the artifacts we interact with. This paper sheds light on how the concept of affordance has been transformed in keeping with the changes in the HCI field. An observational study was conducted aiming at identifying physical, perceived, social, and motivational affordances of the iPad® and of a Tablet-PC. The study clarified how the different types of affordances can explain the relation between human and technology in this new technical and social scenario named 3rd HCI paradigm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since Norman's appropriation of Gibson's conception of affordance to explain the design of products and technologies, this mainstream HCI concept has changed to reflect the evolution in the artifacts we interact with. This paper sheds light on how the concept of affordance has been transformed in keeping with the changes in the HCI field. An observational study was conducted aiming at identifying physical, perceived, social, and motivational affordances of the iPad® and of a Tablet-PC. The study clarified how the different types of affordances can explain the relation between human and technology in this new technical and social scenario named 3rd HCI paradigm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While the Web 2.0 promotes and facilitates the contributions of Web users on content, there's a substantial lack of user involvement in Web design issues. This paper builds on the idea of "games with a purpose" to propose a class of games to help designers in choosing graphical elements for user interfaces, with the contribution of millions gamers. We have implemented a game prototype and made a user test. Preliminary results suggest the viability of this approach involving social network users in a telecenter context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While the Web 2.0 promotes and facilitates the contributions of Web users on content, there's a substantial lack of user involvement in Web design issues. This paper builds on the idea of "games with a purpose" to propose a class of games to help designers in choosing graphical elements for user interfaces, with the contribution of millions gamers. We have implemented a game prototype and made a user test. Preliminary results suggest the viability of this approach involving social network users in a telecenter context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]