Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
ALAN COOPERThere’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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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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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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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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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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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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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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