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Jef Raskin
Age: 61 †
Born: 1943
Born: March 9
Died: 2005
Died: February 26
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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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If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.
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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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When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself.
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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.
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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.
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Once the product's task is known, design the interface first then implement to the interface design.
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A well-designed and humane interface does not have to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.
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