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The original Cuisinart, with its two paddle buttons and clear affordances, was peak interface design, and it has been downhill from there.

Drawn from what Jason Fried said

Subjectdesign

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

On the topicWhat makes a design good?under our view: Good design disappears: it is obvious to use, explains itself, and is never noticed

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What Jason Fried actually said

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  1. Jason Fried

    Co-founder and CEO of 37signals (Basecamp, HEY)

    Big flat toggle buttons under satisfying tension. Clear affordances. You push them down, not in. One click catches, one doesn't. You can use them with bare hands, oven mitts, fingers coated in slippery whatever. Doesn't matter. Plenty of surface area. Outstanding design. It's all been downhill from there.

    Where this was said

    ↗Great design was a Cuisinartworld.hey.com

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