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The nuance both you and the parent commenter are missing is that editing text feels like a chore to Joe/Jane User, and controlling a GUI doesn't.
by vogt 10y ago
The nuance both you and the parent commenter are missing is that editing text feels like a chore to Joe/Jane User, and controlling a GUI doesn't.
- dredmorbius 10y agoSimple GUI manipulation is easy. Repetitive or complex GUI manipulation rapidly gets tedious or intractable. There are reasons people adopted powerful symbolic representations and operators. These have learning curves, yes, but also very high payoff functions.