English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
ALAN COOPERTypography should not vary widely in an interface.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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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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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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Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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