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[[Larry Tesler]], of [[Xerox PARC]] and [[Apple Computer]], disliked modes sufficiently to get a personalized license plate for his car that read: "NO MODES". He used this plate on various cars from the early 1980s until his death in 2020. Along with others, he also used the phrase "Don't Mode Me In" for years as a rallying cry to eliminate or reduce modes.<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/lisalist@mail.maclaunch.com/msg00409.html Origins of the Apple Human Interface] by Larry Tesler, Chris Espinosa</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040511051426/https://computerhistory.org/events/lectures/appleint_10281997/appleint_xscript.shtml Origins of the Apple Human Interface - full transcript]</ref>
 
Bruce Wyman, the designer of a [[multi-touch]] table for a [[Denver Art Museum]] art exhibition<ref>[httphttps://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2009/06/technology-for-experiences-sake-guest.html Technology for Experience's Sake: Guest Post by Bruce Wyman]</ref> argues that interfaces for several simultaneous users must be modeless, in order to avoid bringing any single user into focus.<ref>[http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=43435#43442 Bruce Wyman's post] at the ixda.org mailing list</ref>
 
==Design recommendations==