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Operability is achieved when everyone can use the design, regardless of physical abilities.
Kritina Holden • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
Personal Dynamic Media Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg
Alan Kay • Personal Dynamic Media
This is a must-read essay by Dan Hill, introducing Adaptive Design: Insanely great, or just good enough? Originally published in Core77 in 2004, it’s a critique of the unadaptable, glued-closed Apple iPod and its non-user-replaceable battery.
Hill quotes Brian Eno:
Hill quotes Brian Eno:
An important aspect of design is the degree to which the object involves you in its ow... See more
Revisiting Adaptive Design, a lost design movement
Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.
Donald A. Norman • The Design of Everyday Things
We have to accept human behavior the way it is, not the way we would wish it to be.
Don Norman • The Design of Everyday Things
Behavioral design is all about use. Appearance doesn’t really matter. Rationale doesn’t matter. Performance does.
Don Norman • Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
If the system lets you make the error, it is badly designed.
Don Norman • The Design Of Everyday Things
three different aspects of design: visceral, behavioral, and reflective. Visceral design concerns itself with appearances.
Don Norman • Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
This design philosophy assumes that the environment is active and the user passive.