Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
ALAN COOPERTouring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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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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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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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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