“I've always found that the root of a computer problem is human frailty”
Ian McDonald book River of Gods
Source: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 2 (p. 27).
“An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.”
— Jef Raskin, book The Humane Interface
The Humane Interface (2001)
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