Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology.
ALAN COOPERIt’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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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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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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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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As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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