Form follows function straight to hell.
ALAN COOPERDefine what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information.
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I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
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In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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Computers no longer interface with humans–they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival.
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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
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My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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