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.
ALAN COOPERPast dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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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.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don’t want to keep making the same record over and over and over.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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