Re: [Gzz] Motto of good UI

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:59:12PM +0100, Benja Fallenstein wrote:
> 
> Not making this a PEG, because it's a bit too small at this time to make 
> sense, but I've just had an idea for a Gzz "motto:"
> 
>    Don't ask what you can do for your computer.
>    Ask what your computer can do for you.
> 
> This makes sense insofar as Gzz tries to better support humans' 
> structure of thought-- rather than forcing hierarchies etc. Of course 
> zzstructure forces its own structure, but potentially, it does much 
> better than PUIs or folders.

Hmm. To me, the motto would mislead a little towards those horrible "intelligent
user interfaces" such as the paperclip. Which are about the opposite of Ted's
philosophy (which I've accepted): computers shouldn't be trying to do things
they're good at. They should not try to personificate themselves or anything,
they should just be the mindless tools they are. But *POWERFUL* mindless tools.

I don't want a hammer asking me "what can I do for you?" ;)

        Tuomas