Wired: Computing Made Good, Easy

"...Non-technical users can capture the productivity benefits of the Unix design philosophy without abandoning the standard desktop with graphic user interface.

One example is the "Good Easy" environment developed by usability expert Mark Hurst. Based on the Macintosh OS 9 operating system, it is used at Creative Good, Hurst's consultancy business.

The Good Easy uses five core applications that pass plain text between each of them in an environment that supports task-switching, automation and information retrieval."

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