Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care

In 1942, Isaac Asimov formulated three laws of robotics.

The short version

• 58 years later, Jef Raskin responded with three laws of human-computer interface design.
• 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.

What happened

In the meantime, the proprietary software world is busily forgetting everything it once knew . Sometimes these rules surface today, and the FOSS folks often get very cross when reminded that they’re user-interface scofflaws.

Why it matters

Chisnall is a long-term Vim user – we all have our failings – and recently recounted trying NeoVim.

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