The System Should Treat All

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.

A Computer Shall Not Waste Your Time Or Require You To Do More Work Than Is Strictly Necessary.

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.