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.
ALAN COOPERNo matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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 you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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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.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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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.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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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