Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care
58 years later, Jef Raskin responded with three laws of human-computer interface design. They haven’t been bettered yet.There are rules, and even laws, about designing computer user interfaces. Even after 35 years of Linux, which has brought Unix to the masses, the FOSS world has not yet really grasped this.
- ▪58 years later, Jef Raskin responded with three laws of human-computer interface design.
- ▪They haven’t been bettered yet.There are rules, and even laws, about designing computer user interfaces.
- ▪Even after 35 years of Linux, which has brought Unix to the masses, the FOSS world has not yet really grasped this.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); software Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care All this, and angry NeoVim users Liam Proven Liam Proven LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE REPORTER Published sun 4 Oct 2026 // 11:30 UTC READ MORE Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?* 3 days ago A 1980s PDP-11 is still running Unix – and now you can watch 10 days ago Commodore's forgotten Amiga Unix gets a modern revival 12 days ago KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an…
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