Graham Linehan Quotes

I use Apple because they're easy to understand and everybody gets it.

People don't want lots and lots of single purpose devices. They do not want to have to learn how to set up something for photos, another thing for music, another thing for video.

For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way.

The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is.

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.

Walt loved technology. He didn't understand it half the time, but the beauty of good technology was that he didn't have to understand it. Just use it.

Macs are not intuitive. It's intuitive to the person who created it. It's not intuitive to me.

A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.

Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.

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.

We will make our products work out of the box.

Is it demonstratable? Does it have that wow factor? Is it easy to use? Is it priced right?

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.

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.

Believe it or not, I'm a bit clumsy with technology. It's probably why I'm so excited about the touchscreen - even an idiot can use it!

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.

The fact that I have to set things to record seems idiotic. And channel guides - I get home, and I want to watch a Duke basketball game; why do I have to go hunting to find out what channel it's on? Why can't I just say, 'I want to watch Duke basketball.' Or, even better, why doesn't the system know that?

No matter where you are or what you're doing, it's always great if you don't have to get up and physically change the song that plays next.

My favourite example of good technology is the automobile. I travel all over the world and if I want to drive a car anywhere, I get in and put the key in the ignition, shift out of park and drive. I don't need an instruction manual.

Tablets are more intuitive than a PC or laptop. They also have more real estate than a smartphone.

What's great about the iPad and iPhone is that they are easy-on, easy-off.

Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple.

I think what is going to happen in the future is more customization, more personalization. We all are different and we ought to be able to customize and have a phone that does exactly what we want it to do - that is so easy to use that we don't even have to think about it. That's what the dream is.

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

When a device as simple as a door has to come with an instruction manual—even a one-word manual—then it is a failure, poorly designed.