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.
ALAN COOPERBecause computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don’t want to keep making the same record over and over and over.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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