Obligatory Larry Tesler reference. "... who made it his personal crusade to “eliminate modes from software design” during his work on the early desktop user in

Obligatory Larry Tesler reference. "... who made it his personal crusade to “eliminate modes from software design” during his work on the early desktop user interface at Xerox PARC. The cause became so central to his life that his license plate read “NO MODES”, and he reportedly wore the slogan “Don’t Mode Me In” on a t-shirt."