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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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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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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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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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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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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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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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