A User Interface Should Be So Simple

So, That Notion Of Hypertext Seemed To Me Immediately Obvious Because Footnotes Were Already The Ideas Wriggling, Struggling To Get Free, Like A Cat Trying To Get Out Of Your Arms.

So, I Was Always Frustrated Having To Write And Having To Cut Things. Why Should You Have To Cut Anything?

I Am Looking At It From The Point Of View Of A Harried User, Which I Am, And I Believe That I Am Much More Like The Typical Non-technical Harried User Than I Am Like The People Who Smoothly Operate Everything.

Everything Is Deeply Intertwingled.

The Point Is That These Decisions They've Made Are Partly For Your Convenience And Partly For Theirs And Partly Out Of Stereotypes That They Carry With Them From The Conventions Of The Computer Field.