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.
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.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
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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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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Typography 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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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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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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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
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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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