Wysiwyg Quotes

This would allow an attribute that both Atkinson and Jobs wanted: WYSIWYG, pronounced “wiz-ee-wig,” an acronym for “What you see is what you get.

Bravo text editor, probably the most popular single application ever written for the Alto. Designed by Butler Lampson and Charles Simonyi, and then developed further by Simonyi and others, Bravo introduced What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get word processing: WYSIWYG.

WYSIWYG,1 which stood for What You See Is What You Get.

A benefit of GUIs is WYSIWYG—what you see is what you get. The disadvantage is WYSIAYG—what you see is all you get.