Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
"Jef Raskin" was an United States/American human–computer interface expert best known for conceiving and starting the Macintosh project for Apple Inc./Apple in the late 1970s.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous scientists! More Jef Raskin on Wikipedia.Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.
I am only a footnote, but proud of the footnote I have become. My subsequent work - on eliciting principles and developing the theory of interface design, so that many people will be able to do what I did is probably also footnote-worthy.
The system should treat all user input as sacred.
Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.
A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.
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