“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?” KnowsMindHumansWellsProblemAsksGivenCan DoHuman BeingsDesignComputerConfusionHuman MindSoftwareEfficiencyLinuxInterfacesUnixComputer Software Author:Jef Raskin
“A well-designed and humane interface does not have to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.” NeedsWellsDoeDesignSimplicityExpertsSplitsHumaneBeginnersInterfaces Author:Jef Raskin