The Missing Mechanic: Behavioral Affordances as the Limiting Factor in Generalizing HTML Controls

dc.contributor.authorPetros, Alexander William
dc.contributor.authorGross, Carson
dc.contributor.authorShaffer, Dillon
dc.contributor.authorRevelle, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-05T19:24:20Z
dc.date.issued2025-08
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we analyze a set of three proposals—titled Triptych—which carefully extend HTML to support more generalized hypermedia controls. We evaluate the expressive power of these proposals by demonstrating which user experience patterns they make possible to describe in HTML, and which patterns remain unsupported. We also introduce the concept of behavorial affordances which characterize common UX patterns in web applications. Through this analysis of UX patterns, we show that HTML currently lacks a native mechanism for expressing behavioral affordances. Finally, we theorize a mechanism for defining arbitrary behavioral affordances that could fill this expressive gap.
dc.identifier.citationPetros, A. W., Gross, C., Shaffer, D., & Revelle, M. (2025, September). The Missing Mechanic: Behavioral Affordances as the Limiting Factor in Generalizing HTML Controls. In Proceedings of the 36th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (pp. 184-192).
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3720553.3746684
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/19806
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherACM
dc.rightscc-by
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectaffordance
dc.subjectlimiting
dc.subjectfactor (programming language)
dc.titleThe Missing Mechanic: Behavioral Affordances as the Limiting Factor in Generalizing HTML Controls
dc.typeArticle
mus.citation.extentfirstpage1
mus.citation.extentlastpage9
mus.citation.journaltitleHT '25: Proceedings of the 36th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Engineering
mus.relation.departmentComputer Science
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozeman

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