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.
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.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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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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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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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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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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