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Agreed. Personally I’ve given up on mouse GUIs Why? Photoshop pros use macros Unix pros use text editing macros Why teach new users single point and click
by bloomberg2020 6y ago
Agreed.
Personally I’ve given up on mouse GUIs
Why?
Photoshop pros use macros
Unix pros use text editing macros
Why teach new users single point and click methods of computing when the pros think it’s a waste of time
It’s from an era when computers couldn’t multi task and were largely business focused data entry terminals
Photo manipulation can be automated from a terminal and results displayed in real-time now
Why care about file menus? That’s just a set of keyboard macros unrealized.
The desktop metaphor is finally dying. Let it
- timw4mail 6y agoThe problem with this line of thinking is that not every program is going to be used enough to make learning the shortcuts or command-line switches worthwhile. That said, each (gui) program should have relatively similar key-bindings.
- jcelerier 6y ago> Photoshop pros use macros > Unix pros use text editing macros pros are like, 0.01 %
- msla 6y agoAnd they're the ones who use your tool most of the time. Do you want to make it "easy" for someone who's never used your thing before, or do you want to make it easy for someone who uses it a lot? (Hint: A new UI is never easy.)
- timw4mail 6y agoA new UI is much easier if it follows convention.