Quotes About Functionality

Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.

I'm not looking to step in and make 'big, bold changes' - I think reddit is great, and the team has a lot of good features already in the pipeline to improve functionality for users and mods, help with subreddit discovery, improve the API, and help bring reddit to more people.

I am not one of these people who spend a ton of time in front on my computer; I see it as very utilitarian.

Well, I'm rather attracted to rather prosaic things like vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. Where people haven't apparently made them with a great love for what they're doing.

The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product that cleans your floor correctly. I can imagine people having a cupboard full of robots that only come out when you need them to fulfil a specific purpose.

There is no way in the world that a vacuum cleaner will ever be obsolete - they use them for swimming pools, they use them for houses, they use them for industrial purposes. They're fantastic things.

I am always looking for ways to move technology away from being over-featured. Moving to Silicon Valley in the mid-1990s meant I grew up as a designer in an environment where technology is a tool and not a means to an end. I believe that design should be driven by ideas, not style.

I think kitchen real estate is very valuable, so something has to perform multiple functions for me to give it space in my drawers.

I think of what the experience is of going into the building, of spending time in it, and try to get a sense of what the building would be like to work in as well.

There is no human feeling to the US securities markets and sometimes no discernible evidence of human intelligence either. But they work.

Two points that are very important points to remember and ask: Is it real and does it work?

A beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.

Ethical systems and practices need to look good. They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.

What's normal is for things to work. What's not normal is for things to fail.

We are stuck with technology when all we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A good clue is if it comes with a manual.

I just think things should work properly.

Does anything on you work properly?" Asked ter Borcht. "Well, I do have a highly developed sense of irony." Replied Iggy.

In 1947, Porsche began work on its 356. In many ways, it was like the original iPhone. It wasn't perfect. It was underpowered. But it was streamlined and aerodynamic.

The iPod Shuffle was something unique for Apple: a device stripped down to a single function.

I do believe that organizations can certainly improve lives by specifying better fonts, which of course has an effect on how you read your e-mail.

Appearance is stressed far too much in workplace design. What is more relevant is whether the workplace lets you work or inhibits you.

What matters is what works.

We think of enterprise architecture as the process we use for fully describing and mapping business functionality and business requirements and relating them to information systems requirements.

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.