A Computer Shall Not Harm

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.

An Unlimited-length File Name Is A File. The Content Of A File Is Its Own Best Name.

Users Do Not Care About What Is Inside The Box, As Long As The Box Does What They Need Done.

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

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.