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

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

The system should treat all user input as sacred.

What users want is convenience and results.

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

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

If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.