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I find it interesting how GUI and CLI drift apart so far in this area. Powerful GUI software for specialised tasks is often overloaded with buttons and toolbars
by alpaca128 6y ago
I find it interesting how GUI and CLI drift apart so far in this
area. Powerful GUI software for specialised tasks is often
overloaded with buttons and toolbars everywhere because the user
needs to be able to click them. The terminal is the complete
opposite, instead of clicking through menus to find the right
option(or use a ton of keyboard shortcuts) you have to know what
to type. But it's also very efficient and flexible, and in
exchange for more difficult discoverability of features it
circumvents menus completely.
- anamexis 6y agoThat's true, but I think GUI drifts back when you consider the arcane keyboard shortcuts a good GUI has for power users.