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Ben Shneiderman Quotes

A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.

A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.

Ben Shneiderman
Technology, Design, Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures

Ben Shneiderman
Purpose, Insight, Visualization

The old computing was about what computers could do; the new computing is about what users can do. Successful technologies are those that are in harmony with users' needs. They must support relationships and activities that enrich the users' experiences.

Ben Shneiderman
Successful, Technology, Support
Ben Shneiderman (2003). “Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies”, p.2, MIT Press

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again.

Ben Shneiderman
Art, Science, Engineering
"Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Study of Interface Aesthetics". Book by Michael P. Bauerly, 2007.

More time is wasted in front of computers than on highways.

Ben Shneiderman
Computer, More Time, Highways

I've often gotten the feeling that the only people who have learned from computer assisted instruction are the authors.

Ben Shneiderman
People, Feelings, Computer

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