Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
ALAN COOPERWell madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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.
ALAN COOPERBecause computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
ALAN COOPEROne of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
ALAN COOPERWhen I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
ALAN COOPERIf you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
ALAN COOPERDefine what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
ALAN COOPERWe don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
ALAN COOPERTypography should not vary widely in an interface.
ALAN COOPERForm follows function straight to hell.
ALAN COOPERYou can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
ALAN COOPERIronically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology.
ALAN COOPERA powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
ALAN COOPERIf 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.
ALAN COOPERIt has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
ALAN COOPERThe things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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