Interactivity and the Multimedia Interface

Since bodily activity is an integral part of perception the senses must be considered a system operating under principles of organization that include what Gibson called exploratory actions. Craning, twisting, walking, glancing, are exploratory actions of the visual system, hefting, stroking, squeezing, palpating are exploratory actions of the haptic system. This important insight has taught interface designers to give immediate sensory feedback so that users can pick up information about the structure and functionality of their software environments and learn in an `immediate' way about the affordances (Gibson, 1977) that they offer.

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