Jef Raskin Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Jef Raskin:

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.
~Jef Raskin


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#b46f10d4

Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.
~Jef Raskin


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#58b8256b

Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.
~Jef Raskin


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#d210b4fb

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.
~Jef Raskin


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#3ef02ae6

Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.
~Jef Raskin


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#e849a720

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.
~Jef Raskin


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#a6fbe95c

The system should treat all user input as sacred.
~Jef Raskin


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#1890ae78

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.
~Jef Raskin


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#2e5e75f4

As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.
~Jef Raskin


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jef-raskin-quotes/#ababd570

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