User Friendly Interface 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!

Unity is a kind of engine for the everyman.

We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.

I find most video games too complicated to play.

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch to make a phone call, or how to use the Hoover Dam to take a shower, or how to work a nuclear-power plant to turn on the lights.

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

There is beauty when something works and it works intuitively.

What we're starting to see is that the best apps tend to be the simplest, the easiest to use and the fastest to use.

If Wii was about gaming for the masses, then think of DSi as creativity for the masses.

It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down.

Giving our guests faster and better access to the fun is at the heart of our investment in technology.

Making accessible games opens up the world of digital play to people living with disability, or even simply people who lack the literacy of an intimidating twin-stick controller.

I remember when AOL was small and they were growing like mad. Consumers were coming on in droves because they made it easy to connect to the Internet. That was the single biggest innovation of AOL; when grandmas were signing up, AOL had arrived.

Skype is easy enough to use so that people don't need to be tech savvy - a lot of users just want to communicate with their friends and family, and they find this is the easiest, cheapest way.

I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like.

Do you know what I like about your program? Even when I'm running the vacuum, I can understand it.

Small businesses no longer need to feel like a deer in the headlights when considering constructing or updating their Web sites. With ClickThings what you see is what you get, unlike some other competitive Web-based Website building tools.

We worked very hard to make extensions very simple.

I wrote a lot about the need for an information appliance. I think we've pretty much arrived at one: the iPad. A child could figure out how to use it quickly. Compare it to a DOS computer or even an Apple II; it's no longer nearly as much of a hassle or a mystery.

We want to let you use a Mac, or Windows PC, or iPad, or Android, without having to think about any of the technical details.

The i730 combines the familiarity of Windows Mobile software with the innovative design of Samsung that will be a popular choice for mobile professionals.

The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution didn't explode until the first Macintosh arrived, with its point-and-click simplicity.

At the end of the day, you want a straightforward, simple system which everyone understands. If you can get clarity and simplicity in any process, it's better for everybody.

I've tried it a couple of times over the years, mainly because the thing Ubuntu did so well was make Debian usable. I always felt that Debian was a pointless exercise because to me, the point of a distribution is to make everything easy. Easy to install, to be pretty and to be friendly and Ubuntu did that to Debian.