Jef Raskin
Jef Raskin
Jef Raskinwas an American human–computer interface expert best known for conceiving and starting the Macintosh project for Apple in the late 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth9 March 1943
CountryUnited States of America
input sacred should
The system should treat all user input as sacred.
funny time humor
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.
needs frailty considerate
An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.
computer servant right-now
Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.
design beginners needs
A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.
design want results
What users want is convenience and results.
computer harm inaction
A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.
waste computer
A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.
design tasks firsts
Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.
long needs done
Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.
names length unlimited
An unlimited-length file name is a file. The content of a file is its own best name.
people design proud
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.
jobs crazy ideas
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.
creativity design fields
If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.