Elon Musk about products that need a manual to work

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Elon Musk

A business magnate and investor. The founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX, Tesla and other companies.

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Design & Arts
UX Design

Clarity
Documentation
Good Design
Usability

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Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art.

Richard Holloway

Scottish writer, broadcaster and cleric. He was the Bishop of Edinburgh from 1986 to 2000 and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1992 to 2000.

Art
Clarity
Simplicity

Public kiosks run an unfortunate risk of being a disease vector, so your first pass should try for noncontact inputs like voice, proximity switches, or non-contact gestural inputs.

Alan Cooper

An American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic".

Tips & Advice
Usability
UX Design
UX Elements

If you can’t describe what you’re doing as a process, then you don’t know what you’re doing.

W. Edwards Deming

American engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant.

Being Organised
Clarity
Processes

Anything that humans design can be designed better.

Alan Moore

A British designer, artist, and entrepreneur. Advised companies such as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Coca Cola.

Good Design
Perfectionism

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