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.

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.

When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself.

An unlimited-length file name is a file. The content of a file is its own best name.

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

The system should treat all user input as sacred.

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