The impression, and not just the first one, is largely formed at the entry point, physical or attentional, to a system or environment. People do judge books by their covers and Internet sites by their first pages.
William Lidwell
The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.
Design Principles
UX Design
That a user should not be kept waiting unnecessarily is an obvious and humane design principle. It is also humane not to hurry a user; the more general principle is: Users should set the pace of an interaction.
Jef Raskin
An American human–computer interface expert best known for conceiving and starting the Macintosh project at Apple in the late 1970s.
Design Principles
UX Design
Irrespective of gender, people rate individuals in high face-ism images as being more intelligent, dominant, and ambitious than individuals in low face-ism images.
William Lidwell
The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.
Design Principles
Perception
Psychology
White space is the lungs of the layout. It’s not there for aesthetic reasons. It’s there for physical reasons.
Derek Birdsall
An internationally renowned British graphic designer.