Satya Nadella Quotes

My role is to think about what the future could be for Airbnb - and that includes crafting an effortless and easy-to-use service on any platform, whether mobile, tablet, or Web.

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

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

There's a fundamental problem with how the software business does things. We're asking people who are masters of hard-edged technology to design the soft, human side of software as well. As a result, they make products that are really cool - if you happen to be a software engineer.

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

I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.

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

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.

Browseability is the key online.

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

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.

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

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

We want to build technology that everybody loves using, and that affects everyone. We want to create beautiful, intuitive services and technologies that are so incredibly useful that people use them twice a day. Like they use a toothbrush. There aren't that many things people use twice a day.

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

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.

The Internet is full of choices, and nobody is going to make the choice to use a product that is hard to use or unattractive.

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.

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

The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.

I did an early version of my site where it was virtually impossible to get through it, just as a statement about the web. But after a few laughs and some angry e-mails, I realized it wasn't doing me much good. I think the web has become more about the final product, not what it takes to get to it.

Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

I am always looking for ways to move technology away from being over-featured. Moving to Silicon Valley in the mid-1990s meant I grew up as a designer in an environment where technology is a tool and not a means to an end. I believe that design should be driven by ideas, not style.

Every tech product on the body like Jawbone or in the home like August is different. But there are definitely principles that apply across the board for me, such as integration in everyday life and discretion.