"When you have to choose among methods, your……" — Jef Raskin
"When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself."
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16 Quotes by Jef Raskin
Jef Raskin has 16 quotes on this site.
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As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.
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Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.
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A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.
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What users want is convenience and results.
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A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.
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A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.
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The system should treat all user input as sacred.
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Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.
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Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.
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An unlimited-length file name is a file. The content of a file is its own best name.
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If I am correct, the use of a product based on modelessness and monoty would soon become so habitual as…
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If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.
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