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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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