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.
ALAN COOPERWe don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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When I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
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It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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