Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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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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