A Computer Shall Not Harm Your Work

Once The Product's Task Is Known, Design The Interface First; Then Implement To The Interface Design.

I Am Confident That We Can Do Better Than Guis Because The Basic Problem With Them (and With The Linux And Unix Interfaces) Is That They Ask A Human Being To Do Things That We Know Experimentally Humans Cannot Do Well. The Question I Asked Myself Is, Given Everything We Know About How The Human Mind Works, Could We Design A Computer And Computer Software So That We Can Work With The Least Confusion And Greatest Efficiency?

An Interface Is Humane If It Is Responsive To Human Needs And Considerate Of Human Frailties.

What Users Want Is Convenience And Results.

An Unlimited-length File Name Is A File. The Content Of A File Is Its Own Best Name.