#interface

My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#answer #basic #changed #code #come

First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#builders #database #first #forth #fully

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#creative energy #else #energy #i #interface

One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible. ↗

— Steve Case

#befuddled #better #computers #easier #expensive

People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well. ↗

— Andy Hertzfeld

#device #drivers #empathy #humans #interface

Perhaps the most versatile and useful plug-in in the collection is Mass Copy. It is certainly the one I use the most. Due to limitations in how plugins can interact with Finale, Mass Copy has a somewhat unusual user interface. ↗

— Robert Patterson

#collection #copy #due #finale #how

You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window. ↗

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

#accepted #apple #beautifully #billing #brand

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#close #good #good idea #i #i think

In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#commercial #company #correctly #important #interface

Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design. ↗

— Jef Raskin

#first #implement #interface #known #once