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Alan Cooper Quotes

You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted! Picture Quote #1

Form follows function straight to hell Picture Quote #1

One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person Picture Quote #1

Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners Picture Quote #1

The payoff of a customer-centric approach to software and digital product design is substantial and long-lasting for both companies and their customers Picture Quote #1

E-mail is the most influential application ever to appear on a personal computer, and it remains sadly deficient Picture Quote #1

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I have a cell phone that doesn’t behave like a phone: It behaves like a computer that makes calls. Computers are becoming an integral part of daily life. And if people don’t start designing them to be more user-friendly, then an even larger part of the population is going to be left out of even more stuff Picture Quote #1

A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic. 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 Picture Quote #1

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. Typography should not vary widely in an interface Picture Quote #1

Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product Picture Quote #1

Men do not greet one another like this... except perhaps at rugby club dinners Picture Quote #1

It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets Picture Quote #1

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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people... In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings, 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 Picture Quote #1

Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in Picture Quote #1

No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it Picture Quote #1

Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true. 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. My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours? Picture Quote #1

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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted! (Alan Cooper Quotes) Form follows function straight to hell (Alan Cooper Quotes) One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person (Alan Cooper Quotes) Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners. (Alan Cooper Quotes) The payoff of a customer-centric approach to software and digital product design is substantial and long-lasting for both companies and their customers. (Alan Cooper Quotes) E-mail is the most influential application ever to appear on a personal computer, and it remains sadly deficient. (Alan Cooper Quotes) I have a cell phone that doesn’t behave like a phone: It behaves like a computer that makes calls. Computers are becoming an integral part of daily life. And if people don’t start designing them to be more user-friendly, then an even larger part of the population is going to be left out of even more stuff. (Alan Cooper Quotes) A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic. 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 (Alan Cooper Quotes) 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. Typography should not vary widely in an interface (Alan Cooper Quotes) Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product (Alan Cooper Quotes) Men do not greet one another like this... except perhaps at rugby club dinners (Alan Cooper Quotes) It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets (Alan Cooper Quotes) There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense (Alan Cooper Quotes) 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 (Alan Cooper Quotes) To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people... In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings, 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 (Alan Cooper Quotes) Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in (Alan Cooper Quotes) No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it (Alan Cooper Quotes) Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true. 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. My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own (Alan Cooper Quotes) If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful (Alan Cooper Quotes) Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours? (Alan Cooper Quotes)