Interfaces – Quotes

Unfortunately, nigh the whole

Unfortunately, nigh the whole world is now duped into thinking that silly fill-in forms on web pages is the way to do user interfaces. Erik Naggum

They don’t make poles long enough for me want to touch Microsoft products, and I don’t want any mass-marketed game-playing device or Windows appliance near my desk or on my network. This is my workbench, dammit, it’s not a pretty box to impress people with graphics and sounds. When I work at this system up … Read more

Since changing interfaces breaks

Since changing interfaces breaks clients you should consider them as immutable once you’ve published them. Erich Gamma

The combination of threads,

The combination of threads, remote-procedure-call interfaces, and heavyweight object-oriented design is especially dangerous… if you are ever invited onto a project that is supposed to feature all three, fleeing in terror might well be an appropriate reaction. Eric S. Raymond

The only way to

The only way to write complex software that won’t fall on its face is to hold its global complexity down – to build it out of simple pieces connected by well-defined interfaces, so that most problems are local and you can have some hope of fixing or optimizing a part without breaking the whole Eric … Read more

Readers usually ignore the

Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy’s habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By making itself evident, typography can illuminate the construction and identity of a page, screen, place or product. Ellen Lupton

Nom de Plume uses

Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia Highsmith into a cohesive yet highly idiosyncratic literary history. Each page affords sparkling facts and valuable insights onto the manufacturing of books and reputations, the keeping and revealing of secrets, the vagaries of … Read more

I like to look

I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question. Elaine Equi

The idea is that

The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris. Edward Tufte

You need to look

You need to look no further than Apple’s iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window. Edgar Bronfman, Jr.