Jef Raskin quotes
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“As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.5, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“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.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : "Programmers At Work". Book by Susan M. Lammers, 1986.
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“An unlimited-length file name is a file. The content of a file is its own best name.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : "The Humane Interface". Book by Jef Raskin, 2001.
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“When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.67, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“If I am correct, the use of a product based on modelessness and monoty would soon become so habitual as to be nearly addictive, leading to a user population devoted to and loyal to the product.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.68, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.”
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“If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.”
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“What I proposed was a computer that would be easy to use, mix text and graphics, and sell for about $1,000. Steve Jobs said that it was a crazy idea, that it would never sell, and we didn't want anything like it. He tried to shoot the project down.”
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“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. In looking back at this turn-of-the-century period, the rise of a worldwide network will be seen as the most significant part of the computer revolution.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Interview in "The Guardian", October 21, 2004.
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“Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.5, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.5, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“The system should treat all user input as sacred.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.6, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.6, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.6, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“What users want is convenience and results.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.5, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : "The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems".
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“Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : "The Macintosh at 20: Interview with Jef Raskin". Interview with Berkeley Groks, grokscience.wordpress.com. March 3, 2004.
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“An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.”
-- Jef RaskinSource : Jef Raskin (2000). “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems”, p.6, Addison-Wesley Professional
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“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 RaskinSource : "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs (p. 128), 2004.
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