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Users are not designers.


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Even the best designers produce successful products only if their designs solve the right problems. A wonderful interface to the wrong features will fail.

Even the best designers produce successful products only if their designs solve the right problems. A wonderful interface to the wrong features will fail.



Usability rules the web. Simply stated, if the customer can't find a product, then he or she will not buy it.

Usability rules the web. Simply stated, if the customer can't find a product, then he or she will not buy it.



To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior.

To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior.



On the Web, all advantages are temporary, and you must keep innovating to stay ahead

On the Web, all advantages are temporary, and you must keep innovating to stay ahead



A bad website is like a grumpy salesperson.

A bad website is like a grumpy salesperson.



A general principle for all user interface design is to go through all of your design elements and remove them one at a time.

A general principle for all user interface design is to go through all of your design elements and remove them one at a time.



Designers are not users.

Designers are not users.



The more users' expectations prove right, the more they will feel in control of the system and the more they will like it.

The more users' expectations prove right, the more they will feel in control of the system and the more they will like it.



Ultimately, users visit your website for its content. Everything else is just the backdrop.

Ultimately, users visit your website for its content. Everything else is just the backdrop.



Clear content, simple navigation and answers to customer questions have the biggest impact on business value. Advanced technology matters much less.

Clear content, simple navigation and answers to customer questions have the biggest impact on business value. Advanced technology matters much less.





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He left his footprints burnt into my heart.

He left his footprints burnt into my heart.



Se o problema são os demónios estrangula-os com a tua loucura.If the problem is the demons strangle them with your madness.

Se o problema são os demónios estrangula-os com a tua loucura.If the problem is the demons strangle them with your madness.



If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.



The only thing on earth that can determine itself is a human soul.

The only thing on earth that can determine itself is a human soul.



Where, except in uncreated light, can the darkness be drowned?

Where, except in uncreated light, can the darkness be drowned?



The most convincing artistic forms of our time are inner models of structural vitality and social relevance. They give us confidence that in spite of everything there is still quality to life.

The most convincing artistic forms of our time are inner models of structural vitality and social relevance. They give us confidence that in spite of everything there is still quality to life.



I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.

I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.



It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire

It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire



Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.




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