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.
ALAN COOPERTo 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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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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It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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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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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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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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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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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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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
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