What Users Want Is Convenience And Results.

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

If Our Field Is "to Advance", We Must - Without Displacing Creativity And Aesthetics - Make Sure Our Terminology Is Clear.

Right Now, Computers, Which Are Supposed To Be Our Servant, Are Oppressing Us.

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?

A Well-designed And Humane Interface Does Not Have To Be Split Into Beginner And Expert Subsystems.