Approach Quote by Bill Gates

If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.

— Alan Cooper

“Usability, fundamentally, is a matter of bringing a bit of human rights into the world of computer-human interaction. It's a way to let our…

— Joel Spolsky

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

— David Heinemeier Hansson

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…

— Alan Cooper

What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all…

— Linus Torvalds

The novice-friendly software is more like a misbehaving dog: it shits on the floor, it destroys things, and stinks - the novice-friendly software embodies…

— Erik Naggum

We now know that something between 85 and 90 percent of most software product features are unwanted and unneeded by customers. That is an…

— Steve Blank

“We all like to think we're pretty savvy when it comes to using our Macs, and in the case of the typical Macworld reader,…

— Macworld Editors

Software is different than other products um, partly because it's, it's not physical and, and partly because of its complexity. You can express in…

— Bill Gates

It's better to have a few users love your product than for a lot of users to sort of like it.

— Sam Altman

Software never was perfect and won't get perfect. But is that a license to create garbage? The missing ingredient is our reluctance to quantify…

— Boris Beizer

People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

— Linus Torvalds