Vint Cerf Quotes

A mobile phone needs a manual in the way that a teacup doesn't

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder, leaving us with fifty-button remote controls, digital cameras with hundreds of mysterious features and book-length manuals, and cars with dashboard systems worthy of the space shuttle.

My goal is to simplify complexity. I just want to build stuff that really simplifies our base human interaction.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

I have sometimes thought the power of computers had exceeded our ability to use them, but Mr. Jobs and his team kept giving us devices that made indispensable things easier in ways you never thought of.

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

The computer is very good for me; I can magnify my work very easily.

I'm a techno moron. I need help just to plug in my video camera.

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 love technology, and I love new gadgets. I can no longer figure out how to use any of them, but I love them.

I hate having to read the manual.

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

Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh.

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

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

Most photo apps before asked something of the users. They said, 'You produce, act, and perform.' 'Instagram' said, 'Let us take care of the secret sauce.'

For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for greater simplicity. Microsoft's dominant Windows platform, in particular, was a home for all manner of bugs and problems that required IT people to straighten out.

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

A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.

Computers in general, and software in particular, are much more difficult than other kinds of technology for most people to grok, and they overwhelm us with a sense of mystery.

I like modern efficiencies and functionality.

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

The tool user, provided the tool is made well, need not, and indeed should not, know anything about the tool.

Windows 95 is what Rube Goldberg would have designed if he'd studied cartooning at M.I.T.

Finished products are for decadent minds.