User-Friendly Quotes

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

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!

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

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

Good design makes a product understandable.

Above all, keep it simple.

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

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 think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at Twitter. Constraints inspire creativity.

The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.

DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.

...I know good design when I fail to trip over it.

Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.

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.

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

The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.

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.

Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people - it's only for a special group with technical expertise and experience. We have developed 'Scratch' as a new type of programming language, which is much more accessible.

People everywhere love Windows.

I've always been very gadget-conscious.

Some areas of technology really don't interest me at all, but I welcome anything that makes life easier instead of harder.

That's what DSi is all about: Providing simple, quick-to-master experiences that everybody can pick up and enjoy.