In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
ALAN COOPERDesign principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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 you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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