Interface Quotes

87 quotes by 74 authors

People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't… — Andy Hertzfeld
A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds. — Ted Nelson
Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be… — Shigeru Miyamoto
No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it. — Alan Cooper
A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems. — Jef Raskin
A general principle for all user interface design is to go through all of your design elements and remove them one at a time. — Jakob Nielsen
I closely follow everything about user interface or human-computer interface: technology that makes computers closer to the way the human being actually functions. — Francois-Henri Pinault
To the user, the interface is the product. — Aza Raskin
The principles of good human-to-computer interface design are simplicity, support, clarity, encouragement, satisfaction, accessibility, versatility, and personalization. While itâ€™s essential to heed these, itâ€™s also… — Sharon Lee
Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design. — Jef Raskin
I've spent my whole life worrying about the human-computer interface, so I don't want to suggest that what we have today is even close to… — Nicholas Negroponte
But biology and computer science - life and computation - are related. I am confident that at their interface great discoveries await those who seek… — Leonard Adleman
The real tight interface is between the book and the reader-the world of the book is plugged right into your brain, never mind the [virtual… — Bill McKibben
The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris. — Edward Tufte
Complexity assertions have to be part of the interface — Alexander Stepanov
The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned. — Bruce Tognazzini
Design a clear and simple interface. The primary task of the interface is to present the player with a choice of the available actions at… — Jordan Mechner
My skills weren't that I knew how to design a floppy disk, I knew how to design a printer interface, I knew how to design… — Jessica Livingston
When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use of computer technology, — Howard Rheingold
Even the best designers produce successful products only if their designs solve the right problems. A wonderful interface to the wrong features will fail. — Jakob Nielsen

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