Quotes from Jef Raskin

Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.

Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.

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

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.

Human logic [emphasis added] was forced on us by the physical world and is therefore consistent with it. Mathematics derives from logic. This is why mathematics is consistent with the physical world.

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

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.

I hate mice. The mouse involves you in arm motions that slow you down. I didn't want it on the Macintosh, but Jobs insisted. In those days, what he said went, good idea or not.

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.

The system should treat all user input as sacred.

Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.

If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.

As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.