Alan Cooper

Businessman

1952-06-03

Alan Cooper is an American software designer and programmer, often called the father of Visual Basic and a pioneer of interaction design.

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I have a cell phone that doesn't behave like a phone: It behaves like a computer that makes calls. Computers are becoming an integral part of daily life. And if people don't start designing them to be more user-friendly, then an even larger part of the population is going to be left out of even more stuff.
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If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.
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