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Indeed, and this "back to the TUI" I advocate isn't restricted to developer tools. I actually think of such replacement with end users in mind. Maybe not neces
by myth2018 6y ago
Indeed, and this "back to the TUI" I advocate isn't restricted to developer tools. I actually think of such replacement with end users in mind.
Maybe not necessarily something as radical as terminals, but anything providing the same programming ergonomics (in order to be easy to build and maintain) and constrained by the same restrictions (so that functional requirements get tamed).
At first, it would definitely sound as an involution, but I feel somehow confident that the market in general will accept such constraints as soon as the results become evident.
- Shared404 6y agoI agree completely. As long as displaying faithful image/video isn't a constraint, I don't see any reason why a TUI/similar would not be acceptable for any given task, after the user gets over the "text is scary" stage.
- myth2018 6y agoAnd even if your application needs to show graphics, you could easily do that on a separate, graphics-enabled pop-up window, while the forms, tables etc. would still be rendered by the TUI engine.