Users are strongly influenced by the aesthetics of any given interface, even when they try to evaluate the underlying functionality of the system.
Jon Yablonski
Jon Yablonski is a user experience designer and front-end web developer based in Detroit. His focus is to make complex technology simple and intuitive through rigorous user research and interaction design.
Aesthetics
Laws of UX
The Value of Design
UX Design
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
Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible, serving us without drawing attention to itself.
Donald A. Norman
An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.
Testing
Usability
UX Design
Usability’s strength is in identifying problems, while design’s strength is in identifying solutions.
Alan Cooper
An American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic".