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
educational design user-experience
As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.
jobs hate ideas
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.
today would-be computer
If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today.
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.
names length unlimited
An unlimited-length file name is a file. The content of a file is its own best name.
long needs done
Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.
design tasks firsts
Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.
computer harm inaction
A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.
design want results
What users want is convenience and results.
design beginners needs
A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.
computer servant right-now
Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.