Usability Quotes

"We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works."

Douglas Adams

"Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done."

Jef Raskin

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

Douglas Adams

“Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.”

“Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy.”

Erma Bombeck

“Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.”

Jef Raskin

“Don't make me think.”

Steve Krug