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Good design is also an act of communication between the designer and the user, except that all the communication has to come about by the appearance of the device itself. The device must explain itself.
Donald A. Norman
Go to the bookstore and look at how many bookshelves are filled with books trying to explain how to work the devices. We don't see shelves of books on how to use television sets, telephones, refrigerators or washing machines. Why should we for computer-based applications?
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I think a successful company is one where everybody owns the same mission. Out of necessity, we divide ourselves up into discipline groups. But the goal when you are actually doing the work is to somehow forget what discipline group you are in and come together. So in that sense, nobody should own user experience everybody should own it.
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The design of everyday things is in great danger of becoming the design of superfluous, overloaded, unnecessary things.
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I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.
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Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.
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Having the best product means nothing if the people won't buy it.
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How do you discover a need that nobody yet knows about? This is where the product breakthroughs come through.
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I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them
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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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Only the most sophisticated of beings can lie and cheat, and get away with it.
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No product is an island. A product is more than the product. It is a cohesive, integrated set of experiences. Think through all of the stages of a product or service - from initial intentions through final reflections, from first usage to help, service, and maintenance. Make them all work together seamlessly. That's systems thinking.
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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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If people keep buying poorly designed products, manufacturers and designers will think they are doing the right thing and continue as usual.
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As the technology matures, it becomes less and less relevant. The technology is taken for granted. Now, new customers enter the marketplace, customers who are not captivated by technology, but who instead want reliability, convenience, no fuss or bother, and low cost.
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Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that it's basically impossible to use text to show that
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Behavioral design is all about feeling in control. Includes: usability, understanding, but also the feel.
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Innocence lost is not easily regained. The designer simply cannot predict the problems people will have, the misinterpretations that will arise, and the errors that will get made.
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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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Attractive things work better.
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