Scott McNealy Quotes

Things that are ultimately complex must have a simple end user experience if they are to be successful.

Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should be.

One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible.

I wrote a lot about the need for an information appliance. I think we've pretty much arrived at one: the iPad. A child could figure out how to use it quickly. Compare it to a DOS computer or even an Apple II; it's no longer nearly as much of a hassle or a mystery.

What we're starting to see is that the best apps tend to be the simplest, the easiest to use and the fastest to use.

We worked very hard to make extensions very simple.

Products have to be designed in a way that they are comprehensible.

The less concerned with aesthetics and usability these friends and family members are, the more easily they navigate sites and applications I can't make head nor hair of. Like the ex-girlfriend who mastered Ebay.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

Computers are scary. They're nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occasion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this. He knew that computers were bulky and hernia-inducing and Darth Vader black. He understood the value of declarative design.

There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively.

Do you know what I like about your program? Even when I'm running the vacuum, I can understand it.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Browseability is the key online.

We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

We've tried to simplify the site because some people found it too difficult to use and were intimidated by it.

I feel that it's lovely when, as a user, you're not aware of the complexity.

Consumers have zero time for products that are not simple, intuitive, and attractive to use. This is especially true with Internet products, where clean and useful design is a prerequisite to keeping anyone on your site for more than 30 seconds.

Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple.

Good technology is intuitive - the cellphone forces you to become an engineer.

The Macintosh was supposed to be the computer for people that just wanted to use a computer without having to learn how to use one.

The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.