Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
ALAN COOPERTypography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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To 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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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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My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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