Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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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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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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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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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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