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I don’t understand why you think VTE= user unfriendly. The only thing you really can’t do in a VTE app is display rows of icons but I don’t think most people be

by swiley 6y ago

I don’t understand why you think VTE= user unfriendly. The only thing you really can’t do in a VTE app is display rows of icons but I don’t think most people besides app developers and executives actually like those. For another example of a fairly intuitive mouse based GUI in a terminal you can look at elinks.

YeGoblynQueenne 6y ago
Another thing you can't do in a terminal is tap on icons, drag and drop them, long-press them and all those things that users today are well, used to doing on their phones, which is how the vast majority first learn how to use a thing with a screen that does things. That's why I think that using a terminal is user unfriendly: because most users are completely unfamiliar with them and many are even actively scared by them and don't want to have anything to do with them. I bet if you asked around many people would say they don't like Linux because "you have to use the console". Like I say, I love command lines- but most people, even many developers, absolutely hate them and feel much more comfortable in GUIs. My observation anyway. I don't know if you think different.