Ryan Holmes Quotes

Macintosh felt like a system. As I learned more, I felt like I was able to guess how new things would work. I felt like the bugs in my programs were more my bugs and not things I misunderstood.

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.

It turns out it's important to build a product and not just a bunch of data models.

A well-designed and humane interface does not have to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.

Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it's this veneer - that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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

The process of software development doesn't feel any better than it did a generation ago.

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

The critical thing in developing software is not the program, it's the design. It is translating understanding of user needs into something that can be realized as a computer program.

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.

User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process.

My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.

Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.

It's not enough to have a hacker culture anymore. You have to have a design culture, too.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

If you watched companies such as Sony and Samsung grow, they focused first on features and then on industrial design, which made their products look and feel better.

Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design - designing too early what a program should do.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

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

The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.