Usability Quote of the Day

February 6, 2012

The prevailing computer-human interaction (CHI) model of interface design has been partly responsible for the current state of the desktop computer. The breakthrough on which the field emerged was the admission of psychological principles. The resulting graphical user interface has been the focus of the field of computer-human interaction for nearly 20 years. This interface is a virtual control panel whose design has remained quite technology-centered. -- Malcolm McCullough, Digital Ground, 2004    (via interaction-design.org)

Monday, January 31, 2005

Cognitive bandwidth is like dial-up

"A couple days ago I got an email from Steve Krug, author of the wonderful web usability book Don't Make Me Think, which is in my Top Ten Computer Books list on Bookpool.com."

I thought about how our books could have been named just the opposite of his--DO Make Me Think, since much of our approach is about how to get learners to process new information more deeply. In other words, we work hard to make people think.

But then I realized that both his book and our approach could have been named:

Don't make me think about the wrong things ...

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