Form follows function straight to hell.
ALAN COOPERKeep 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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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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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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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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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 been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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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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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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