Ability Quote by Bruce Tognazzini Download Open image “Constrain the user's expectations to match the abilities of the software.” — Bruce Tognazzini ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ability Constrain Expectations Programming Software Users
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 Copy Share Image
The software is where the magic is. If you're going to have all this power be simple enough, appealing enough and cool enough, it's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Whatever way that we have in our head that we expect people to use a software, they'll find other interesting ways to use it… — Dennis Crowley Copy Share Image
People are building the software and so having the pieces be such that a single person understands all the tradeoffs and everything that's going… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
You can prematurely optimize maintainability, flexibility, security, and robustness just like you can performance. — John Carmack Copy Share Image
I think there's a great homogenizing force that software imposes on people and limits the way they think about what's possible on the computer.… — Golan Levin Copy Share Image
If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful. — Alan Cooper Copy Share Image
If you love a medium made of software, there's a danger that you will become entrapped in someone else's recent careless thoughts. Struggle against… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
To create a usable piece of software, you have to fight for every fix, every feature, every little accommodation that will get one more… — Dave Winer Copy Share Image
Fight Features. … The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
If you are demanding registration before checkout, you need to cease this practice immediately. It is costing you a fortune. — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned. — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
The iWatch will fill a gaping hole in the Apple ecosystem. It will facilitate and coordinate not only the activities of all the other… — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
As for the Sun mouse, I'm not a big multi-button mouse fan, because I just can't remember which button to push when. I rather… — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
Never present a power-user option in such a way that normal users must learn all about it in order to know they don't need… — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn't a… — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles . . . of the gospel. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac. — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
The youth of India has the strength to move the entire World with a click of a mouse, we have generated that ability! — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
