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

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.

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

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.

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

The system should treat all user input as sacred.