Interfaces Quotes

87 quotes by 71 authors

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
The brilliance here is appropriation: space, form and interface combine to create a Jetsons sound machine. A dream of music access that just hovers, its… — Tucker Viemeister
If you need to visualize the soul, think of it as a cross between a wolf howl, a photon and a dribble of dark molasses.… — Tom Robbins
First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the… — Bjarne Stroustrup
This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text… — Douglas McIlroy
Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface. — Douglas McIlroy
Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia Highsmith into a… — Elif Batuman
Why can't you summon a command line and search your real-world home for 'Honda car keys,' and specify rooms in your house to search instead… — Richard Dooling
A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body… — Douglas Adams
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… — Alan Cooper
Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces. As these machines leak into every… — Alan Cooper
Fungi are the interface organisms between life and death. — Paul Stamets
We wanted technology to go away and for us to experience what it gives us, in a direct link, without any interface — K. K. Barrett
The prime reason the Google homepage is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick… — Marissa Mayer
The global village is a place of very arduous interfaces and very abrasive situations. — Marshall McLuhan

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