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If you're more susceptible to interruption, you do more out of the box thinking.

Donald A. Norman

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Technology may change rapidly, but people change slowly. The principals [of design] come from understanding of people. They remain true forever.
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Forget the complaints against complexity instead, complain about confusion.
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In design it is important to shoe the effect of an action. ... Feedback is critical.
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I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing
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When you have trouble with things—whether it's figuring out whether to push or pull a door or the arbitrary vagaries of the modern computer and electronics industries—it's not your fault. Don't blame yourself: blame the designer.
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The world is complex, and so too must be the activities that we perform. But that doesn't mean that we must live in continual frustration. No. The whole point of human-centered design is to tame complexity, to turn what would appear to be a complicated tool into one that fits the task, that is understandable, usable, enjoyable.
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I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them
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Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications.
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When I use a direct manipulation system whether for text editing, drawing pictures, or creating and playing games I do think of myself not as using a computer but as doing the particular task. The computer is, in effect, invisible. The point cannot be overstressed: make the computer system invisible.
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Attractive things work better.
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The current paradigm is so thoroughly established that the only way to change is to start over again.
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I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function
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Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.
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Only the most sophisticated of beings can lie and cheat, and get away with it.
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It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format
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User experience is really the whole totality. Opening the package good example. It's the total experience that matters. And that starts from when you first hear about a product experience is more based upon memory than reality. If your memory of the product is wonderful, you will excuse all sorts of incidental things.
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So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.
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