"Design principle: Take things away until the design……" — Alan Cooper
"Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in."
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13 Quotes by Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper has 13 quotes on this site.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.…
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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…
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If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous…
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not…
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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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Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new…
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Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily…
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To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat…
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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. As…
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a…
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More Break Quotes
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I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help…
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It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's…
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Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where…
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Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
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As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New…
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Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those…
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Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that…
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Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy.
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If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language, which is already a form…
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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people.…
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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness…
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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The…
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